There are so many people who respond to posts here on BiggerPockets and so many verying opinions. How do you determine for yourself who to listen to? Do you do what most people do and give credit to those who agree wi...

Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100.  In past years the highest it went was $800.   The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...

It's misleading as all hell.  It doesn't focus on the truly important elements of the underwriting.  And @Brandon Turner is not helping anything by continuing to talk about it on his webinars.[Note from Brandon: see m...

I have searched the forums and blogs on the subject, and it seems to be slightly leaning toward CPA/professional preparation.I have used a professional for the last 10 years and each year, my costs have increased (we ...

Hi guys, I wanted to get some outside opinions on something I’ve been thinking a lot about over the past year or so. I have a goal of reaching financial independence by 30. I am 25 years old, married, have a mortga...

We have been thinking of purchasing a property either on Palm Spring, Big Bear Lake (Moonridge), or Lake Arrowhead.
Big bear lake seems to be our #1 choice since the city is more friendly towards STR. The homes in m...

Hi, 
I am experiencing a horrible issue with evicting my tenant who refuses to pay rent and has not paid rent in almost 7 months and used legal aid to withhold rent.
I sent an order to evict my tenant for non paym...

Has anyone come across the Money Merge Account (MMA), which is being marketed by United First Financial?
The idea is to use a HELOC to prepay your first mortgage by timing additional payments. It is supposed to be be...

With the exception of community banks and credit unions, most would agree that banks still aren’t lending. “Hogwash!” some of you bankers who are reading this will probably say.

As a follow up to a post I did nearly...

Last week we hit our investment goal of $35k a month gross rental income. We bought our first investment property in August 2011 and the vast majority of our growth has happened in the past 10 months. We (my husband...