My wife and I have been following Bigger Pockets for the last couple of years including a few podcasts. I’m writing because I need a sounding board. I’d been involved in REI a number of years ago and in the 2008/2009 ...

My house is comparable to the ones in the neighborhood. We all have 2 bedrooms and 2 baths plus 1 car garage (attached).

Should I do away with the garage and turn it into another bedroom/master retreat and then add ...

Hello folks! Have you ever had to budget tree removal into rehab expenses for properties your analyzing based on their proximity to the house? I had a sour gum tree barely miss my personal property after falling due t...

Hey guys, I own a property in Memphis and I'm looking into buying more there.The cash flow is incredible, but I'm concerned about where the market will be in 20 years. It seems like everybody and their brother is gett...

I have a friend who just purchased a 300k SFH (3bd, 2b) in Elk Grove, a nice suburb of Sacramento, and is renting it for about $1500 a month. He told me that every month the rent broke even with the mortgage and expen...

First off. I am not interested in doing anything illegal. I have an owner scheduled to be foreclosed jan 5, 2016. They just contacted me today dec 27th. I'm working on the details but the payoff is about 75% arv.  I a...

Hello!I am a completely green potential investor from the Great White North and I am really excited to be a part of BP! This site, the podcasts, the information has been a fantastic resource for learning the basics of...

Building a rental portfolio sounds easy when listening to a podcast or reading a blog article where the investor has accumulated dozens of units all at 1% rule multiples.  But what to do in a market where you want to ...

Hello BP community- I am a physician and novice investor born and raised in Silicon Valley. I've witnessed my own parents invest and manage rental properties since the 70s. I would help answer tenant calls, help da...

Still quite new to BP and loving all the new strategies I'm coming across.  I recently heard a BP podcast that is good idea to open HELOCs on properties now while value is up.  So, I need some input from seasoned inve...