If you haven't heard about the Freakonomics bit on real estate agents and how their incentives aren't aligned with yours, watch this 3 minute video here to get some insight into the problem.https://www.youtube.co...

One of the biggest things that you have in a flip project or even a buy and hold project is your contractors. A lot of times one of the things that people will say is, “I'll just go do the work myself,” well you got a...

Hello everyone,Hope you are having a productive day! Just have a quick question about lease renewals.The lease on my first rental property is coming to an end and my tenants already decided that they wanted to stay an...

I've never done STR but have plenty of experience with LTR. While I understand the fundamentals of STR, I would like to understand bit more. If you have done STR as out-of-state and/or out-of-town investor for at leas...

I've been around this business long enough to see just about every scammer out there. I've noticed that all of the scammers use certain words: Here's my list:

1. SECRET (the gurus have a secret alright. The secre...

BiggerPockets is excited to introduce its newest book, The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor!Taxes! Boring and irritating, right?Perhaps. But if you want to succeed in real estate, your tax str...

After some analysis, I've decided to invest in Detroit suburbs (Warren/Sterling Heights) or possibly further out (Grand Rapids/Ann Arbor). I will be buying and holding from out of state, but I do want to visit now and...

We are under contract on a property that we'll be operating as a STR and managing it ourselves.We have paper losses on our books from a syndication that generated bonus depreciation last year.  We also have an S-corp ...

Here we go- I will try and be concise. I live in Charlotte and own a home on a VA loan and am considering refinancing at 2.75% 30 yr fixed. Would only cut about $100 off current payment bc I have a 3.25%. Plan is to r...