I have a tenant who is moving out after having been busted with a large amount of drugs (approx $10,000) in the unit. I had started eviction proceedings against him but it seems he has moved out in advance of that ta...

3 times in just the past week I’ve witnessed sellers discriminate against buyers because of either race or sex. Humans simply can’t be trusted not to discriminate if given the chance. We’ve put laws in place to make d...

I always hear Kiyosaki (and countless others) talking about owning physical gold in addition to real estate. I get the thesis, but how does one technically hold, store, and (most importantly) SECURE physical gold hold...

I'm a late newbie RE investor and only own a primary residence with a family of two kids.  We have about 600k equity in our Bay Area,CA  house with another 650K left to pay on our 2.5% refinanced mortgage.  I also hav...

Hi all,
I am currently eyeing a couple of individual SFH properties and a small 8-unit SFH portfolio. All of these SFHs cashflow great and have high CoC returns. They need minimal rehab to get to market. However, nea...

Hello BiggerPockets community! I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone in advance for all the care and considerable knowledge that's been put into this site. It's an incredibly powerful resource that I've lurke...

I want to buy a house 2.5 hours from my duty station. I watched my mom travel 3 hours to and from work (6 hours round trip) when ahe worked in NY and she wanted us to go to a good school in NJ so this is normal to me....

I am a rehabber dealing mostly with REO properties and I am having a miserable time finding deals.  I am up here in New England (northern MA/southern NH) and for the past 6-8 months the prices on REO properties have i...

Just a tip for you all starting out… Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, bartenders etc…  If they are in the cash business, they are uncollectable.  You need to find someone with a good job that is not worth leavi...

Is it just me or everyone playing it safe? Recently I’ve been catch a ton of flack on this forum for suggesting things like:1) Maximizing leverage while carrying hefty reserves.2) Buying for appreciation in western ma...