I forgot what real estate was

Hi everybody,I have listened to almost all of the podcasts and have wanted to invest in a rental property for the past year.. I have been patiently waiting for a property to fit my criteria, which has been difficult i...

With my burgeoning interest in real estate I decided to join Bigger Pockets to hopefully surround myself with people with whom I can talk about this business and maybe even work with in the future. In real life I'm su...

I should have asked this before Thursday but, oh well, I’ll ask it now!This past week I found a potential duplex in a decent part of town. I asked the listing agent for rent, costs, remaining loan, etc. she returned a...

I had a potential tenant contact me and ask if I accept felons.  I have read that it's illegal (discrimination) to flat out say "no felons" so I asked what the crime was.  He said "sex offender, 16 years ago when I wa...

I keep getting asked why I've come to dislike small multi-families (2-4 units) in my area, and I wanted to make a list to see if maybe I'm missing something. I’m not saying small multi’s don’t make sense in othe...

Minneapolis is proposing to not allow landlords to use credit score as a factor for screening tenants.  Evictions older than 3 years and felonies over 5 years cannot be used to disqualify candidates either.  I'm a new...

City apparently feeling unheard when landlord and airBNB appear to be dismissive about rental ordinances.http://nypost.com/2017/05/14/city-smacks-landlord-...Here you have landlord suing tenant for $300,000 for illega...

Federal Reserve reduced its economic outlook for 2009.

The central bank said it expects some business conditions to improve in coming months, but it also lowered its assessment of the economy for the full year and sa...

A few years ago if a tenant owed you rent or damaged your property you could enter the premises and “hold” certain items. It’s an old law I believe but was still could be used. It’s so old you couldn’t take their goat...