BiggerPockets for a long time was a great place where investors could meet and exchange information and work together. Over the past year I have noticed a trend of a lot more newbies coming in just looking for informa...

Hey everyone,Each year I make a list personal goals and work to make sure I hold myself accountable.  Many of these goals are private to me and my wife but a couple of them are relevant to the BP community.  1) I plan...

Hi BP community. I am having a great time in Wichita, KS in my first year and a half to two years of investing; we have taken an aggressive approach by investing in a low income high crime area near downtown Wichita. ...

I have a new tenant that moved into our rental at the start of the month.  Listed on the lease agreement was herself and three kids, no one else.  Within a few days of move-in I start receiving calls and texts from ou...

I like to buy and hold single family homes for rental.  I have a strategy that has been working very well for me.  Of course, conventional financing is becoming increasingly difficult.  I've seen other financing metho...

I keep running into articles about people who live an extreme austere life styles and do not work full time. (I call dibs on idea for the reality show featuring that life style).  I do not want to eat ramen noodles 6 ...

You always hear "buying a house is the best investment you can make" "Renting is like throwing your money away". What if everyone starts to listen and renting becomes a thing in the past? Now you're stuck with a prope...

There is a lot of debate about staying local vs. investing out of town. What factors do you consider when deciding what market to invest in? What do you think makes a great market?

Hello investors in CA,Just wondering, how are you guys getting cash flow after so much investment and most of the rent goes to mortagage itself.I live in corona, average home price is $570K and rent will be approximat...

 I recently purchased a property in Jacksonville Florida.   The transaction had some bumps but we worked things out and closed on time. Later I found the original pro forma provided by the turnkey operator listed the ...