What is a safer bet, investing in commercial buildings, or investing in residential properties. If you become a local landlord to shops in a town, would that be better then if you had homes there?

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Hello Bigger Pockets family I have finally finished my 520 sqft tiling project. I would like to share with you all some tips that I have learned along the way. Hopefully this will help you not make the mistakes I made...

I am a person who needs to make his own mistakes. Doesn’t matter how much you tell me OR EVEN how much I believe you. I need to burn my hand on the stove, but I get an awful lot of private messages asking questions ...

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Has anyone invested in the Growth or Income eREITs offered by Fundrise?

I know it's a rather risky investment but they do guarantee a reimbursement if the eREIT performs less than 20% annually. They also ...

Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....

Here we go . . . this thing is official.

BiggerPockets REI Summit 2012 will be taking place in Denver Colorado at the Colorado Convention Center on March 23-24.

This will be an incredible educational, networking, an...

I am planning to start a website soon and want people's advice regarding my marketing strategy as it relates to SEO.I have recently had an eye-catching logo designed that I hope to use on signage and draw customers by...

Just closed on my a single family home that I will add to my rental pool. Well, I was willing and eager to pay $30K more than I ultimately paid, simply because I followed the many post regarding the Hubzu process, and...

Hi y'all!  Despite the dour tone of this post, I'm a genuinely happy person.  I half-need to vent, and half-need some help.  This isn't me looking for a hand-out or a pity party.  I need good, solid advice how I can m...

I’m a number guy. I spend countless hours on excel spreadsheets running ProFormas on every possible situation. I want to know what the BEST possible outcome is, WORST possible, projected actual outcome, forced appreci...