Hello, I’m new to real estate investing and was hoping some of you would share your thoughts on why it is better to invest in real estate over the stock market. So far, I’ve only invested in stocks and the idea of inv...

Hello BP Family, Thank you for opening this post. I'd like to start an intelligent and informative discussion on our predictions for the Bay Area (South-Bay, SF, East-Bay and Peninsula) in 2017. Understanding prices h...

I have been seeing a lot of people starting to talk about rates coming down and prices shooting up.Is this what 2024 and 2025 will look like?I am very worried about affordable housing and what is going to happen if su...

I got the results back from a tenant background check.  She is 28.  Credit is perfect, but she's got four criminal results.  2 are from 6 years ago (marijuana/traffic), 1 is four years ago for $1,000 of property destr...

Economic Update(Monday, December 7, 2020)
Everyone keeps asking when will Congress pass a new stimulus package that our economy so desperately needs? The good news is that Congress is once again considering severa...

Long story short... My property manager went to show one of my town-homes.
Turns out my tenant decided it was ok to put/punch holes in walls and put his cigarettes out on the carpet in every room. It's a shame beca...

Hi all –I'm going to start posting here pretty frequently and start a member blog here on BiggerPockets and I want to know what you want to know about starting or growign your business.What is it that scares you?  It ...

Deadbeat tenant who lived with his mother. The mother passed due to Covid and that was the last rent that I saw for that unit. He did apply for the California Covid rental relief and I did get money to bring him up to...

I'm trying to understand what options I have to gather more information regarding an abandoned home in a neighboring town.  The house has been vacant for a couple years and is in a nice neighborhood (values around $40...