Hello everyone I'm new here and from Southern California (Long Beach area). I'll get right to it: I've got some funds sitting in a savings account and I'm looking to get into something more worthwhile. The problem is ...

Hi all,I bought a 3b1ba home in south Chicago about 2 years ago on a turnkey website. The numbers made sense at the time from what I could tell.Fast-forward 2 years and I've paid about 18K in repairs, which seems at l...

Trying to create a metaphor here based on the popular Reddit Question: "Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse sized duck" and draw parallels to apartment vs. single family home investing. You can go ...

Voila, the direction of this post is summarized in the title. This post is not asking a specific question. Rather, it aims at exposing my current situation which may be familiar to many newcomers.I wasn't too sure whe...

HI all,I have a tenant (Texas) with an upcoming lease expiring and wondered if I can raise the late fee while going month to month? Does this require a new written lease or just a written notice regarding a late fee i...

Hello BiggerPockets, My name is Ty Kayton. I am construction professional in my mid-20's looking to develop a real estate investment portfolio. My wife is an RN working on her Master's, which will allow her to practic...

Hello currently I am just starting my sophomore year at the University of Michigan. I am 19 years old and majoring in chemistry, but I am really looking to get into real estate investing and I'm not sure where or how ...

Good morning to all,My name is Jennifer, and although I'm guilty of committing the first of the 7 deadly sins of Bigger Pockets (lurking without interacting), I'm ready to come out of my shell and take action. Since t...

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I am fairly new to real estate investing, and I wanted to get people's opinion on direct mail marketing and competition. I recently did a mail campaign, and only got about .5% response rate. I...