That Atlanta market peaked on July 2007 and bottomed in March of 2012. We have since made a complete "V" shaped recovery since March 2012. At this significant bottom, and retail real estate were trading at 1996 pri...

A lot of people might disagree with my decision, or question it. But I am leaving a family business that I have been a part of for the last 6.5 years. I finally gave a months notice last week. This has been debated in...

Thank goodness for BiggerPockets! Hoping you can help me with an issue I have on a tenant-damaged rental property.

The property is in Indianapolis IN and managed by a Property Management company; I live in California...

Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...

I want to build equity with my primary home as soon as possible. And I came across a method using HELOC to reduce the interest paid to the mortgage. Does any one have experience with it?

Context:I have a single tenant in Hawaii who is in the National Guard and has been impacted by the government shutdown.  The tenant has been a great tenant, and has paid in full and on time since moving into the unit....

Hello BP!  I've been a pro member for about 6 months now and am proud to announce that I have officially closed on my first deal - a duplex!  The gameplan for this thread is to chronicle my progress through the rehab,...

I did a loan assumption that is currently a GIANT pain in the ass. I’m here to share my story for whatever that’s worth.
Over a year ago I did a wrap around mortgage on a place here in Phoenix at 3.5% over 27 years. ...

This is probably the best study I've found on the benefits of renting to pet owners. Too many Landlords believe pets cause too many problems and result in a loss of revenue. This study found the opposite to be true. B...

I have organized what I believe to be some very valuable information and relationships about the economy and real estate, and will be posting updates about the San Francisco Bay Area marketplace here periodically. I s...