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Phil Sharp Buy-and-hold philosophies: Cash flow vs Appreciation
21 February 2024 | 94 replies

On some other threads, there seems to be an underlying debate or difference in philosophy around buy-and-hold investment strategy:  In one camp, the goal is to invest in high appreciation areas, even though they are h...

Sylvia B. Hello, I'm a slumlord
30 May 2019 | 112 replies

We had a conversation with a guy today and it went something like this:"Hey I saw you hauling some lumber the other day. Whatcha building?""We bought a rental house and I was fixing a safety hazard." (Concrete step at...

David J. Unfair madness! Landlords getting hosed.
24 August 2022 | 166 replies

Some Perspective... 0.15%
That's the percent of American people who have Covid-19 at the time of this writing.  NOT even 1% of the total population.
Suppose the disease were to quadruple before this is over, that w...

Jacob Kline Property under contract and tenant won’t allow showing
11 January 2020 | 134 replies

I’ve got a property under contract, it’s a preforeclosure and I’m trying to wholesale it. This will be my first wholesale deal. The owner lives out of state and his daughter is living in the property (I’m assuming ren...

Shiloh Lundahl Rich Dad Poor Dad’s investing principles - GOOD or BAD?
12 January 2020 | 80 replies

Many people on BiggerPockets (at least on the podcasts) have credited their start to investing in real estate to reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad; myself included. However, there are also some investor...

Sheena R Roth Sweet 80 year old tenant can’t afford rent
12 May 2022 | 95 replies

We are under contract on a side by side duplex near our hometown in Ohio. We just found out that we are inheriting the sweetest 80 year old tenant who has lived in the place for 20 years. Market rent is $950+. This li...

Account Closed The $30k rental club.......
28 August 2019 | 316 replies

Im sure many of us have read all the warnings and reviews of buying low price properties, and the problems typically associated with them, but all that considered, it is what first attracts a lot of people , indeed th...

Joseph England 15 Rehabs in 10 Months in Baltimore City!
7 October 2018 | 223 replies

Hello BP,I started my real estate investment career a little over a year ago. I bought my first three properties within two months of each other. Two of these were turn key rentals and the other was a rental rehab tha...

Danielle McClelland Anyone started investing in RE at age 35 or later?
25 November 2021 | 273 replies

My husband and I discovered BP this summer and are ready to start invest! We have enough capital and are actively searching for deals and running the numbers. It’s exciting!

Anyone else got started at or around 35? ...

Tyler Kress Disapproving Family - Starting in Rental Property Investing
20 August 2019 | 98 replies

Hi all,Since early March I have been learning as much as I can about rental property investing through BP articles, forums, podcasts, and local meetup groups. I have started to establish relationships with local lende...