Hello all,My name is Franky Davis and I am relatively new to real estate investing and a newish member to BiggerPockets. Let me start with a little about me. I'm currently an orthopedic surgery resident (year 3 of 5) ...

Hey Everyone, I decided to create this post because I believe this could be extremely useful for new investors! Experienced investors can also revisit some of the classics or find some newer books and books you wouldn...

Hello all,
My property management company is having some trouble renting out one of the units in my recently acquired duplex (It doesn't help that it is the dead of winter in Wisconsin, lesson learned).  Another of t...

I’m not handy but I love a challenge. Yesterday I built a dresser. Today I built a bookshelf and a desk from big lots and suddenly got the confidence to fix and flip a completely torn down house. Now ...

So I've got a Commercial Broker sending me leads from MFR in Washington, he's operating mostly in the Tacoma - Olympia area. But I'm blown away by the prevailing cap rates going on. Can anyone shed some light on ...

Relaxing on my couch on Wednesday evening and my property manager calls. This is unusual and she has some bad news. In our newly acquired 4-unit building, one of the tenants smelled gas and called the gas company. ...

I'm renovating a rental kitchen, and want to make it nice. This is a 900 ft 3br that might rent for $1600 when I'm done. I've never put in this much cabinetry before, and wonder if I'm overdoing it. I have some ten...

One thing that has always made me generally distrustful of gurus is the question of what motivates anyone to become a guru in the first place. If the methods and techniques taught are are so great, why waste time teac...

I have been calling on ads on craig's list. The only motivated sellers that I have been able to find have run down old trailers. Definitely not "Lonnie Deals". Lonnie says that he finds homes that are no older than 20...

Hi All, I am putting together a list of pre-foreclosures in the northern ca area. Any tips on the best place to pull the information? Tax Assessor vs paid lists?  Thanks!