A tenant of mine caused a major plumbing issue after admitting to pouring cooking grease down the drain over the past 4 months of residency. Needless to say my plumbers tried a number of different methods to unclog th...

I'm certainly a newbie when it comes to commercial investing. I have a good understanding of the due diligence required for multi-family, many aspects that should be considered for retail/office, but industrial prope...

One area that I fear I struggle in is tenant management, or lack thereof. I was burned by my last tenant (and really, my own decisions) because I think I allowed some things to spiral out of control.Rent-wise, no exce...

Hey folks - I'm working on creating some checklists for my business (I'm reading The Checklist Manifesto right now.) I'm planning on releasing these, for free, on BiggerPockets when they are finished. Today I'm workin...

Hey Folks!!

I've been a 'lurker" for some time on these forums. I have been interested in Real estate for a while now, but recently in the past 2 -3 yrs has the desire came back to me.

I first wanted to do real est...

Those of you with outdoor pools at your properties - what are you doing to mitigate liability in the event of an accident? I see a lot of awesome amenity packed outdoor hang out spaces with outdoor pools posted on the...

Hey everyone! I am looking around Texas for my next BRRRR investment. I am from out of state and trying to educate myself more. Texas is a huge state with a couple of huge cities that a growing extremely fast. My eyes...

Hello,I started out here in early 2015 and for about three months tried to learn everything I could about REI. Long story short, life happened and I felt very stifled and limited living in Manhattan as I was priced ou...

Husband and I have been renting 1 property for the past 3 years (and learning a lot from the experience). The property is located in Cook County Illinois (Chicago suburbs), and we have issues with the most recent tena...

The area that I live in gets quite hot in the summer...we're talking over 105 for several weeks. Part of our investment plan includes us buying a SFR, that we will live in for 2-3 years, and either rent out or sell at...