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Corey Dutton What Are Real Estate Values Doing in Your Area?
5 December 2012 | 59 replies

I’m trying to get a read on what real estate values are doing in each geographic area where we do business. It’s one thing to read reports compiled by third parties, but it’s an altogether different story from the age...

John Thedford Wrote Another Mortgage-12% Plus 4 Points-NO TENANT HEADACHES
2 June 2016 | 34 replies

For those contemplating alternate investments, I highly recommend considering hard money lending. I started in 2012 with little knowledge or information. At that time we didn't have Dodd-Frank to be concerned with. Fo...

Account Closed Breaking FHA rules.
21 January 2019 | 112 replies

My girlfriend and I live in a house (with a conventional mortgage) that we don't wish to move out of. I want to get into rentals, but don't yet have the capital to put %20 down on a sfr in my area. I do however have t...

Benjamin Riehle Why Aren’t Millennials Buying Homes?
29 December 2016 | 68 replies

A week ago, I wrote an article explaining how the millennial generation (myself included) could creatively finance a down payment for their first property. What was intended to be an informational article on BiggerPoc...

Daria B. Investor Friendly Realtor-what does this really mean?
18 December 2015 | 50 replies

So far I've been working with an agent that has, to my knowledge, never worked with an investor. Over the past two years though I've bought 2 properties with her help. She pulled comps and we talked about what rent ca...

Chuck B. How do you "harden" your rentals?
5 December 2021 | 380 replies

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

Lori Greene What has kept you from progress? (And did you overcome it?)
3 December 2019 | 133 replies

Having had so many investing students and BP members express their issues around funds, education or just plain fear, I thought it would be helpful for everyone to not only hear from investors having challenges or hes...

Lance Knapp Is Now a Good Time To Invest? (First Time Buyer in LA, CA)
4 April 2016 | 116 replies

I have looked at 50-100 deals in my area of West Los Angeles. It is difficult to find properties that are cash flow positive after expenses and debt service. Basically, the deals do not look very attractive. I am curi...

Shane Pearlman The END of the Suburbs?
11 June 2017 | 98 replies

With an eye to the future, should we really be buying in remote suburbs, or is that like investing in VHS rental shop in a digital age? I’m seeing what looks like a massive urbanization trend.I am a buy and holder. Ot...

Paige Harrison Investing with little time/experience
18 March 2022 | 48 replies

Hi everyone!I am a single mom and physician in Baltimore, MD. I am eager to get into real estate investing, but keep getting stuck on how to start. I find that time is the biggest limiting factor. I also don't have an...