What is a safer bet, investing in commercial buildings, or investing in residential properties. If you become a local landlord to shops in a town, would that be better then if you had homes there?

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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...

Hello All, been a member of BP for quite some time now, but rarely participate.  However, need some folks to chime in on this one.  Have a renter, attempted eviction last year (6 months arrears), court ordered tax che...

This post is NOT for the wholesalers that are smart, know what they are doing and successfully bring both happy buyers and sellers together.  I know some of those guys and this post is not for you.This post IS for all...

So there has been a lot of things happening regarding military retirement and benefits that are making a lot of us start to really notice like other people working for 20 years for a retirement isn't really the best o...

I have a single family home, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, single story, 1800 sq. ft. in a nice suburb community in Houston, Texas. I purchased the home in 2009 for 121K and I would like to sell it today for 170K. It has had o...

Greetings All! My name is
Jeff, and I’m a newbie soon to be investor. I just found BiggerPockets recently
and am overwhelmed (in a good way) at the plethora of information I’ve come
across so far! I’m extremely e...

So, here are the specifics...the neighborhood in which I bought my first house has blown up for some reason. Our area in general is probably up 30% from last year, and this neighborhood is probably up closer to 50-60%...