I will do my best to give a brief description of a property I looked at.  My question is to how determine a fair offer?  The building at one time was utilized as a rooming house, with an attached bar, and attached sto...

Hi; I have a goal of getting an office room, 8'x10' or larger, for $100/month or less with basic utilities included (electric & decent internet).

The advertised office rooms around my house are outside my price ...

Hi. I have my first rental property under contract. There are 4 rented units. There is a 5th unused unit in the basement, and it looks as if it hasn't been used in a long, long time. Should I fix up the 5th unit and r...

Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...

I am not sure there is really a good thread here in BP which address this question.  I know there are many blogs but those do not provide expanded conversations around the idea, IMO.  If you are a seasoned, new or pot...

What should I do ?My realtor is a great guy but this is the second deal that he refuses to show me ( he rather give me the number to call ) stating "he is not driving 20 miles for 500$ commission"I saw a condo where t...

Given that there is such a liquid market of buyers online I was wondering what people's thoughts are on the commission paid to Realtors. A 6% commission has always seemed scandalously high to me given the typical amo...

A housing bubble is a run-up in housing prices fueled by demand, speculation and exuberance. ... Speculators enter the market, further driving demand. At some point, demand decreases or stagnates at the same time supp...

I've been reading through the forums here and I've read a lot of posts about how the tenants should have the money saved up to pay rent in an emergency, and if not they should use a credit card or the money in their r...