Hey all, I am new to the Bigger Pockets community and am reaching out to ask, What should be my first steps to begin my real estate career? I have limited cash on hand, but am working very hard to save up for an initi...

I'm located in NY and have been waiting on the sidelines for a few years now educating myself and waiting for the cycle to end.  Now seems like the right time to test the market and make lower offers.  I'm interested ...

When we are little we say to others….”When I grow up I want to be a….” Doctor LawyerBankerPresidentEtc.Then when we grow up, we realize that in order to be all the above we need to have a plan. We just don’t happen to...

What is the general rule on buying investment STR property if you cant normally absorb the mortgage payment forever? I have enough set aside that i could go a little over a year with no rental income. But is it normal...

After living in Boston for 12 years and learning from some of the BEST in the game, my wife and I decided to relocate back to her home town of State College, Pennsylvania. In Boston I worked with investors that conver...

Has anybody used Podio for their CRM?

I'm trying to find a way to efficiently manage my leads and came across Podio. It's free, which is great, but you need to completely customize it from scratch and before ...

To all,

I present this information in hopes that many of you who are more seasoned in this field will be able to shed some additional light or perhaps some balance to this author's opinion.

Over the last several mon...

For the second time in a row, I have had a potential tenant ask me whether my screening process involves a hard credit inquiry rather than a soft one. Last time, I checked with my screening service, which gives me a s...

https://caanet.org/votervoice/ (contact politicians)Protesters trying to get their rents lowered.  Costs are going up for landlords and investors, but they want to dramatically cap rents on the backs of hard working i...

Hello BP,So this here is a bit of a complicated question so I thought the best thing to do was to bring it to the forum... Little bit of a back story is in order I think. I operate a brick and mortar business which wa...