I’m in an interesting situation with a deal and looking for some advice. We got an offer accepted on a great off market 6 family in Massachusetts.We’ve discovered that there are children under 6 living there AND confi...

I was just reading on another thread about the old debate of how many LLC's do you need? Just one? One per property? Somewhere in between? The idea is to segregate silos of liability exposure. That's fine, I don'...

Listening to experts talk about commercial real estate leases is like listening to someone speaking in code. You understand the individual words, but the terms have some special meaning that is impossible to decipher,...

Hey guys! I’m just getting started with real estate investing and I’m in the process of finding a real estate agent. Are there certain questions to ask them to make sure we’re a good fit for each other? Also what are ...

Hi,I am a relatively new investor from Portland OR (I have one condo bought in 2012 which is doing ok now) looking to pick up a property using conventional lending (20-25% down, 30-year fixed rate mortgage) to buy and...

My tenant reached out to me this morning stating that she has been the victim of identity theft and her bank account is currently frozen. Rent is due on the 1st and late after the 5th. She requested that I use a por...

My husband and I recently bought our first duplex. We were able to rent out one side very easily but we are really struggling to rent out the second side. When we first posted to craigslist and Zillow the listing gen...

Hi everyone,

After doing lots of looking around in and around my area, it seems like getting 2%/month for rent is quite ambitious.

As I understand it, the rule/guideline basically suggests that if you spend $100k on...

Do you guys think that uploading a personal profile image (avatar) should be a pre-requisite for participating on the forums, blog system, properties directory, etc. here at BiggerPockets?

Just curious . . . thoughts?