little about my situation: I've been living on the road, working as a musician on a steady running touring Broadway show for the past two years, making an amazing salary. I've been fortunate enough to save a chunk of ...

So I still work my 9-5 and can't always get to the phone.  I currently use Switch.co for my business number and I have a answering service at a different number.  I'm trying to figure out if there is a way that if som...

Hello BP!!!!!!!!! Im Robert Arbegast I am 27 and have a family with my high school sweetheart and we have 2 crazy sons (8 and 2 years old). Brief history of my boring life. Upon graduating from Maryville High school, ...

Preface: I'm no economist but find discussing macro currents very interesting as they relate directly or indirectly to multifamily investing (investing in general). With a tight labor market, low interest rates ,QE an...

Hi guys,I live in a nice neighborhood but unfortunately some people started renting a home near us and it has gotten really bad.People are living in the garage and inside the home and there is nearly 10 cars on the st...

Hi!I have been reading away and listening to the BP podcast for the last month, and now today is the day I finally step up and introduce myself. I got the kick up the jacksy that called me to action whilst listening t...

Hello BP community!

I'm glad to have found BiggerPockets after having stumbled upon the podcast while searching "real estate investing" on iTunes. ****Quick Tip**** (with Josh and Brandon musical jingle, hah...

I've upgraded to OS 8 and now whenever I use the bigger pockets app on my phone it crashes. I can open the app and the latest forums will load but as soon as I click to view the topic, the app crashes. Anyone else run...

Who is your favorite Olympic star, your favorite sport? I caught the cycling this morning for a big surprise with the US taking 4th. Women's Volleyball just nipped past Korea, rated #2 behind the US, guess that's the ...

Maybe I am missing something, but I am not understanding how people are buying properties yielding < 4,5,6 percent gross. What am I missing here? If a mortgage is around 5%, then add taxes and other fees, how do pe...