I was having a discussion with a friend and she posed interesting question. How long does it take to make a profit once you start investing in real estate? Of course, there are many factors that contribute to how soon...

If you are interested in seeing a rehab flip project blogged from start to finish, I would like to invite you to my official BP Rehab Blog: "Diary of a Gladiator"

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Greetings all!Was driving up to a wedding in Danvers, MA yesterday and my fiance told me she was searching for a real estate podcast to listen to, found biggerpockets.com, and here I am less than 24 hours later. What ...

I need your input in analyzing a potential deal. I'll be brief, but please ask follow up questions and I'll provide any details needed to provide context.The basics: A 2br/1ba home was "won" at a chancery court auctio...

Hey BP,we all have witnessed what happened during the financial/subprime crisis and how RE prices crashed in quite alot of places around the globe. As it stands right now, we have a) the lowest interest rates ever, b)...

Hello, I am a writer for CO-OP Financial Services consumer blog, and am writing an article on buying real estate in a different area than where you currently live. I am looking for quotes to include from those in the ...

How would you recommend keeping the books for a property you are house hacking, aka living in one unit renting out the other? I have a separate bank account which I collect rent from my tenants and then I deposit my p...

Hey ya'll,I recently joined Bigger Pockets after reading various articles/books from Brandon Turner and the other great writers/doers at the site. I'm relatively new to Real Estate Investing, but am eager to begin. Cu...

Hello.  I have been a member for quite some time, and I just started posting to my member blog.  However, it is not clear to me where these blog posts appear in the BP after they have gone live.  Can someone point me ...

One of most prolific and powerful tools of “creative” finance in real estate is the lease-option, but this tool represents only the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to the most powerful breed of derivatives...