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Shiloh Lundahl Rich Dad Poor Dad’s investing principles - GOOD or BAD?
12 January 2020 | 80 replies

Many people on BiggerPockets (at least on the podcasts) have credited their start to investing in real estate to reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad; myself included. However, there are also some investor...

Bill Horton Spouse support for investing
18 June 2013 | 27 replies

Have any of you had to deal with your spouse not being fully supportive of your real estate investing?

This is a big hurdle for me to get started with investing in real estate. My family has been investing in real es...

Bao Nguyen beware: landlord insurance policies do not cover theft/vandalism
6 October 2014 | 44 replies

I got a call from my tenant yesterday that the bay window in our rental unit has been smashed in by vandalism.  I submitted a claim to Allstate, and the promptly called me to today to let me know that my landlord's po...

John Thedford Wrote Another Mortgage-12% Plus 4 Points-NO TENANT HEADACHES
2 June 2016 | 34 replies

For those contemplating alternate investments, I highly recommend considering hard money lending. I started in 2012 with little knowledge or information. At that time we didn't have Dodd-Frank to be concerned with. Fo...

Sunghee Shin Section 8 Investment in Detroit Michigan
22 July 2024 | 38 replies

Hi there (new to BP here), 
Anyone do section 8 rentals in Detroit, MI? If so, does anyone use PM to manage the properties? 
Soon, I'll have some capital to invest in RE. Been really interested in investing in prope...

Dion DePaoli Wrapping a FHA Mortgage
17 March 2016 | 38 replies

It is almost daily that I see a new question or concern about Wraps and Sub2 here. It got me wondering just how many folks are aware of outcomes of some of those practices really are. It also begs the question, just...

Nathan Gesner What do you think about Tenant Unions?
27 January 2022 | 53 replies

Here's an article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/t...With rent rates increasing dramatically, a housing shortage around the country, and new generations that feel entitled, I suspect we'll see more of these. I find it ...

Nadir M. Is rent too high for my listing?
15 October 2021 | 80 replies

I currently have a property that I had listed for rent for $1550. I haven’t had much luck within a couple days, as I’m used to with my other listings, so reduced it to $1495. It’s been at $1495 for about a week now. I...

Mike J. Lessons Learned From My $30,000 Mistake
1 September 2015 | 51 replies

Spring of 2010.We (my father and I) purchased a home in the Inland Empire of Southern California. It was a brand new 3Bed 2Ba SFH that was listed at an unbelievably low price. A little backstory on this property; this...

Account Closed why dont more people invest in commercial real estate?
23 March 2015 | 39 replies

how different is it from residential?