Greetings,my name is Nick and I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I went to school near Portland and have since moved back to the Bay Area for work and family.  My heart still resides in Portland and...

Hey everyone thanks for your time if you are reading this. I reached out a few months ago for some advice and thanks so much. I have be rolling solo with a selling broker. No leads, no nothing. I have closed one deal,...

My business partner and I attended one of the local county tax deed sales last month in Florida. We had 3 properties we were interested in, all mobile homes on their own land. I wouldn't say things went well in t...

Hello all, Taking a trip next week to Destin for some R&R.  Noticed on zillow that there are a ton of foreclosure properties on the books in Destin and surrounding beach towns.  Curious about purchasing a property...

Hi guys, I wanted to do a random inspection on my rental home in Illinois without giving the tenants any notice. I want to surprise them at the front door. I'm suspicious that they had animals in the home when they si...

As the doom and gloom grows, people who already own income properties suddenly start to panic and fear the worst. Hopefully if you got into real estate investing, it wasn’t on a dare or because you were following a ...

Normally if I figure out a potential applicant just got evicted, I avoid showing them a place  I have for rent.  They won't pass the screening so why bother, right?  This time I wanted to see if I could pick up on som...

Hello my name is Dana and i'm new, i am a student who is wanting to start investing, i live in the state of Utah and have no clue how the market works.. I have some savings and a uncle who is an investor who gave m...

I am new to Bigger Pockets and have been listening to a few podcasts, reading a few popular books. But the situation that I am in now, I feel as though I should probably do even more research on how to start.I found a...

such a difficult market for a rookie investor trying to get ones feet wet very competitive in most states where should one target for cashflow and slow appreciation to start all advice welcomed.