1) Standard deduction and personal exemption combined and seems like everyone is getting more... so its a wash IMHO.2) Less deductions for those who don't have a business like real estate investments. Sigh... it just ...

Well, its taken about 4 to 5 years for interest rates to drop about 3 percent, so roughly .75 percent per year. How fast do you thinnk they will rise? How fast can they rise? I am not well versed on what happened in t...

We have potential tenants that seem like a great fit other than the credit score is just below our requirement of 600.  Is there a good way to make up for this?  Conditional lease?  Increase deposit requirement?  

Should I hire a property management for one property?

I'm taking over managing a property with a legacy tenant of over 20+ years.  Rents have not been raised since they moved-in in 1998.  
There is not a security deposit. Is requiring a security deposit with the new lea...

At Leen’s Lodge in Grand Lake Stream, Maine, a group of chief economists, money managers, financial advisors and officials from a Fed regional bank got together for a fishing retreat disguised as an economic retreat. ...

Hello all!I'm very new to everything real estate and I have been in the books, podcasts and BP forums for a few months and very excited to get started on my first deal! I currently rent in Hamilton ON with my wife and...

Newbie from Deerfield, MAHello all I am increasingly interested in real estate investing. I have read some of the books on rental investing that bigger pockets recommended. A huge roadblock I see in my near future is ...

I'm a Realtor/Investor in the Philadelphia market.  I do a lot of marketing for off-market deals on paid Facebook ads.  Lately, my lead flow has struggled (CTR-ALL has been declining and CPL has been significantly inc...

I've been reading BP for a couple of months now and figured it was time to have the typical introduction post. I'm a 26yo mechanical engineer working in NYC and living on Long Island. I'm getting married in August and...