1st time on the forum. 61 (my husband as well) years old and just starting out in the real estate investing arena. Truth be told, if I knew earlier what I am now learning I could have started earlier!! But all I can d...

Hi BP friends!We have a family (2 parents + 1 kid) who are renting from one of our SFRs.  Their lease is currently expected to end in mid-May but they are also building a house (we knew this coming into the lease) whi...

Hey Guys I was on another forum and Tim Gordon posted something that really struck me. He said " At this stage of the market, those who can't succeed teach." This is something that I wholeheartedly agree with and some...

When a person defaults on their payments, after a certain period of time if you don't pay it off, the bank just forecloses on you right? But then some people have trustee sales instead? How does that work, the bank gi...

My appraisal came in significantly lower than I expected (only a 5% increase from the value the property was appraised at 4 years ago, in spite of values generally increasing 40-50%). Looking at the report, the apprai...

I am no longer in the #debtfreecommunity group so I am going to post this PLAN B win here because I know a few journalists interested in a similar path.Short back story: After viscerally acknowledging the challenges o...

Hello Bigger Pockets community!
My name is Michael, and I'm excited to join this fantastic forum to learn and connect with like-minded individuals. I'm currently based in San Jose, CA, and have a strong interest in m...

How many of you have read a good portion of the health care bill?

I must admit, I coudn't sit and crack out 1000 or so pages of legal jargon at one sitting but, I did find a site with some bullet points, then I loc...

If you’re a landlord you’ve been trained to be leery of Section 8 housing. There is a negative stigma associated with the program and people who receive vouchers in the program. We recently had a panel at the SLO Real...

Lately, because of the large amount of confusing and low quality information I have read online and my inability to access my book collections, I am confused about taxes.

I have the following questions:

1. Are there...