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Kelli P. Is Detroit a good market to begin in for Newbie Investor?
6 July 2023 | 40 replies

Hi BP Fam! I am a newbie investor and  I've been doing a lot of research, reading and podcast listening over the past couple of weeks and came across BiggerPockets along the way.  Currently, my goal is to start with p...

Filipe Pereira The End of Fake ESAs / Service Animals?
27 January 2020 | 23 replies

What's your worst ESA / service animal story? Hopefully that's well behind you...I've long said that it will take big money lobbyists (likely from the air travel industry) to push into motion some type of regulation o...

Aaron Fox REI vs Realtor
3 June 2016 | 64 replies

What is the biggest drawback/limitation to being a realtor compared to being a real estate investor?

J. Martin SFH, 2-4 units, or 5+ Multifamily - WHY do you choose one?
22 April 2014 | 26 replies

Me: 2-4 units (including multiple houses on 1 lot)
Location: SF Bay Area; Richmond, Oakland

Why?
1) 30yr fixed rate financing. I plan on owning the "fix and hold" properties I buy for AT LEAST...

Stephanie Menard Expensive lesson by leaving one clause out of rental agreement
19 January 2025 | 41 replies

I rented a furnished home in Las Vegas, NV, to a fully screened tenant.  I used the standard Nevada Residential Lease Agreement from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. I had to add an addendum for the home...

Cody Z. What happened to David and Rob on the BP Podcast?
19 August 2024 | 52 replies

Seems like out of no-where that BP has replaced David and Rob on the OG Podcast.Dave Meyers thanks David for his contribution in about a sentence and doesn't even mention Rob.No exit Podcast which tells me that it was...

Jim K. For newbies and the BIG MEANIE INVESTORS in the BiggerPockets forums
20 June 2024 | 69 replies

We get a lot of this, and sometimes, it really does baffle me. As my profile says, I'm an affordable-housing handyman landlord running a small outfit out here in Pittsburgh and doing what I do is NOT EASY. It's signif...

Will Barnard Validate the 50% rule
11 February 2016 | 141 replies

It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...

Scott Choppin Lifecycle of a CA Multi-Family Development Deal
8 October 2021 | 151 replies

Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...

Brandon Turner Is it unethical to say "I Buy Houses" if You are a wholesaler?
16 September 2015 | 126 replies

Just wondering what people think about this. I mean, technically, a wholesaler is not buying houses, they are making a contract and selling that contract. What do you think?