Who's looking at investment properties in Philly and its surrounding areas? What are your favorite neighborhoods and why? I'm looking to start my first project in the Philadelphia area.

Greetings All,First I must say how excited I am at finally being able to make my first diary post after so much planning, prepping, research, lamenting... You get the idea. Just to give some background, I've been lurk...

I have heard numerous times from multi family investors that if they had it to do over, they would have skipped the singles all together. However, I just don’t see the returns in multi. I currently own just under 60 p...

Hello BiggerPockets,Can you seasoned multifamily investors give me some feedback on this deal that I am looking at right now. It's located in a Class C area in Akron, OH.  Here are the details: 
26 unit property (All...

I don't understand fully how we as investors might be affected if the government gets serious about paying off debt and actually does it.

Let's assume for a second that the government comes up with a plan to pay off...

Hey BP,Here is the background before I get to the main problems and why I am now feeling "uncomfortable."I closed on a property in January of this year.  It was a cash deal and everything went smoothly.  I am now in t...

I prefer older buildings when it comes with rental.   They tend to have better bones and better quality construction...but I hate the bathrooms that comes in teal, pink, yellow, green, blue...I have nine bathrooms in ...

I have a problem that has me completely stumped at the moment. I have a property (1 unit of a duplex) that is currently tenant-occupied. The sewer line runs out of my unit, under the lawn and driveway of the other uni...

Hey BP,I'm looking to close on a 3-plex (3 flat) in Chicago in the beginning of December and doing an FHA full 203k rehab of the property.One of the items we are upgrading for long term buy and hold stability is the f...

The property I'm looking at is a "rehabbed" 5-plex. The owner bought it earlier this year for $290k but really didn't do much to it other than some minor maintenance and paint the exterior (ugly). There's room for ...