It is nice to have the equity from the appreciation we are having but the tax increase is killing my cash flow. I guess when looking at the equity on the back end it is still a win but this is making things a bit tricky

BiggerPockets is a great place to come learn about real estate and network with other investors. Our members run the entire spectrum, from newbie to expert, wholesalers, flippers, landlords, and professionals like att...

A house I'm considering purchasing has a pest problem, and there are a lot of rodent droppings in the garage and attic. If I go through with purchasing it, I'm planning to hire a pest control company to get rid of the...

Hello all I am considering getting a primary residence to house hack next year and I am trying to decide on what market I would like to be in. This would be a buy and hold SFH (Maybe 3 bed 3 bath?) and cash flow deal....

Hello All,I've been doing a ton of research on the 2008 market crash.  I feel like I've garnered a strong understanding of what happened and why, however there is one thing I feel I am missing.  What steps could a sma...

This isn't meant to be a long post but I have a lot of first time investors and house hackers or just investors that are new to Chicago that ask about charging a security deposit and my answer to them is NEVER charge ...

We signed up with the HERO program through a contractor called Elite Home Energy. My wife and I wanted to them to install insulation in our home and believe it would add value to our house. We asked the sale agent tha...

With it being the 2nd, it might be a few days early for everyone to gage this....but Im curious what percentage of your tenants paid their rent for April, and where you are located.  I had 1 tenant express that he mig...

I'm in Houston and work as an attorney with only energy clients and my business has been severely impacted.  I've also seen the real estate market locally cool over the past 6 months and the trend is down.How are thin...

The purpose of this posting is to give you Birddogs (Property Locator sounds better) a little help in getting started in the birddog world. I just want to outline your responsibilities as a birddog and how to avoid pi...