I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...

I have a question re: consequences for a property management company and parties involved in a fraudulent transaction. What potential penalties would exist for a licensed property manager / firm who engaged in the fol...

Just spent a nice afternoon in Cleveland.. like what i saw of this rust belt city... looks like another one on its way up.Looks like we will plant some investment roots.

I’m struggling with time management right now. I’m trying to balance my W2 job, exercise, family, investing activities and education. It seems like I could use a 48hr day instead of 24. I’d love to hear what experienc...

Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property.  A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago.  I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...

First a little bit of background on the house: it is a 3 bed 1.5 bath cape cod, in an older neighborhood of a class A suburb outside of Milwaukee. It was listed on the MLS, had been bank owned for about 5 years and wa...

If you've joined our BiggerPockets site in the last month, welcome! We are a thriving community of investors from primarily the US, but have international investors as well. Please take a second to introduce yourself,...

I’ve seen a few disturbing posts recently, mostly on social media, but a few here on BP as well, where the posters are reacting almost with glee that we may finally be heading toward a dip in real estate so they can c...

One the things I learned from BP that I love the most is the goal setting for the new year. My fiance and I started this last year and really enjoyed it, for not only personal goals but couple goals. So what is everyo...

Since it's almost the end of the year, I wanted to focus our question on ideas and strategies that can help us make last minute changes to help lessen the tax burden, or to start the year with best practices.
Let's h...