Hi, I'm new to the site, although I've been lurking for awhile. Later in 2016, we plan to buy our first investment property. We're shooting for a small apartment building in the 8 to 14 door range. That being said, we...

My wife and I are 25 and are looking to retire in 10 years through long term rentals. We live in the Phoenix area and have 1 rental currently that cashflows $500/month.  What suggestions do you have to build enough ca...

Interested in purchasing buy and hold properties in other states. Mainly because Southern California has low CAP (3-5) and is not a landlord friendly state. I'm not into flipping, though a lot of investors I work with...

Hi BP! In my introduction, I mentioned that this is the year for big changes, so I wanted to run my plans by the great minds on this forum.

Current State: I've got two student rental properties in Waterloo (u...

I have been reading some featured BP bloggers as there is always more stuff to learn in REI it seems.  I noticed some real big misconceptions or errors for some expert bp bloggers. Without naming names, I just wanted ...

I have not been very active on the Bigger Pockets Forums lately due to some personal experiences. My mother passed away in April, 2010 and since she was my father's caregiver, I had to quit my job in Colorado and mov...

I am new to the site but came on here because hey its time to change up my strategy. I have 250k in seasoned money with a 750 credit score. In addition I have  2 homes (renter occupied) and 1 commercial property (rent...

Whether you've been at REI for one year or twenty, if you were able to talk to yourself when you first started out, what advice would you give?Very much looking forward to see where this thread goes... ;)Mark...

Hello I have been a stock market investor for the last few years and now I am wanting to learn more about real estate investing. From what i have researched Theres a few ways to do it (Reits, syndication, or to buy a ...