I met with a seasoned investor today for some advice. They have not done mobile home investing (they know people who have), but suggested it as a way for new investors to break into investing at lower cost per entry. ...

I'm a first time investor in Chicago and I've noticed that garden apartments are MUCH cheaper than an apartment just one floor about it. This obviously isn't a surprise - people in cities prefer to be higher - but the...

How much do yinz budget for repairs and capex for single family rentals from the early 1900's in the Pittsburgh area?  Rules of thumb such as 5% of gross rent for repairs, and 5-7% for capex seem optimistically low fo...

I have a tub surround in my SFR that is all cracked and needs replaced. I patched it up when I first bought the place a few years ago and that seems to have worked but I will have a chance to replace it soon and would...

Looking at the number of rentals available in the market, looks like there rental market isn't very strong?  How easy is it to rent out a SFH in Plano area? Also the numbers don't look very nice. Buy a SFH for aro...

So like the title implies- I've been listening to Bigger Pockets for the last year and a half straight since an investor i met that has a $2 million portfolio recommended them to me. Since that time I've gotten my rea...

The old investment adage of "buy low, sell high" always haunts me during times like these.  We are finding ourselves in a financial position where we'd like to make some investments in the near future, and would like ...

I tried searching the forums for this topic and could not find one, so apologies if this has been asked before and I did not see it....

I have a tenant who wants to pay for an energy audit (Includes installat...

Hi BiggerPockets people! I was wondering if anyone on here has had any experience renting to college students in the Northern Virginia area. George Mason University is where I graduated from and I have lived in Fairfa...

I know most REO's are sold as is. I"m trying to lineup an inspector and possibly a couple of contractors to get concrete numbers on repairs. I realize that things that should have been noticed through visual inspectio...