I am new to real estate investing but am meeting with a lender for the first time Friday about taking out a loan to buy my second investment property.  Should I wear a suit to this meeting or is it ok to dress a littl...

Hi, I am a new member of this community looking to gain more knowledge about the real estate industry. My question is, which trade job would be best to pursue a career in to be most beneficial to real estate. 

Greetings everyone! Just wanted to send out a "hello" and to say that this is a fantastic community. I am relatively new to the community.  Like so many that I see on the site, I am climbing the steep learning curve a...

Hi All,I'm new to bigger pockets and would like to start investing in out-of-state real estate (buy and hold, LTR). I've been reading some posts here about setting up individual LLCs for each property for asset protec...

Hi all, I'm considering buying a property entirely clad in asbestos siding.  Has anyone dealt with this and what did you do?  I was told I can just put new siding up over the asbestos and it would be effectively encap...

Good Day/Evening Bigger Pockets!Tonight, I wrote down a goal: Save $10,000 to invest before Oct. 7th. As I began thinking of ways to accomplish my goal, a thought about how investors are being frugal came to mind. Ple...

Hello Investors,I’m in need of some advice here with this plan I have. My goal is to achieve financial independence in 3 years by investing in apartment buildings. I need to get $5000k cash flow per month to accomplis...

Okay fellow Big Pocketers, I got myself into a big pickle. I hope you can help!

I recently purchased my first deal, a three unit rehab (in Hawaii so don't be alarmed by the numbers I'm about to share). We are going t...

After sales i'll have about $300k.  I'm experiencing analysis paralysis.  If I want to save ~$60k in cap gains tax i need to 1031 into something.  Or, should i just pay the tax and throw it into the S&P500?  I fig...

     While travelling with my good friend who is a fellow real estate investor, and giving him a hard time for investing in what I considered mediocre returns in his local market, he really one-upped me.  He gave me t...