In these market times if you are a real estate investor then you are familiar with the term “Value Add” but if you are not familiar, value add simply means do something to a property to improve its value. Typically t...

Hello! I just joined Bigger Pockets and am not 100% sure how to use the forum. I own a home in Upstate, NY that has 3 rental units in it. I bought it 17 years ago and had zero idea what I was doing, somehow it worked ...

I live in SE Rural Iowa.  My market here is small, as my village is small.  Yet I have found my first investment property that I am willing to make an offer on.  I am delighted to have stumbled over the BP website.  I...

I just purchased a single-family home in a college town.  I would love to talk to someone who has rented to college students before and sort of pick their brain.  

I post this here because new investors make this mistake more than others.

I am a builder/developer in Texas. We have had a few investors invest in our neighborhoods at the advice of an unscrupulous realtor who also...

Hello All! This is my first post although I've been an avid bigger pockets reader for a while now! So hello!I've been around real estate since before I was born, it's all my parents talked about around our house. They...

I have a big pile of keys I keep with me everywhere I go for all oIr rentals and it’s getting to be out of hand. Multiple key Rings all clipped together.
There has got to be a better way to transport keys from vehicle...

Hi everyone!  My husband and I are looking at purchasing a rental property, and we already have a specific tenant in mind for it.  He has a minor mental disability and receives disability checks, which he would use to...

The house I am about to purchase for buy and hold has a kids swing set in the backyard. Backyard is fenced.

Is this a liability? Should I go ahead and get rid of it, or is this something that may be attractiv...