I purchase a new property in 2007 for $186,000 to be used as a rental property from day 1.  The property was initial rented for $1300.  Hindsight is 20/20 and not  good investment, but I'm trying to figure best way to...

I just spent my evening at a local blogging meetup and couldn't help but wonder why more of our members aren't blogging either here or on their own personal blogs off-site.

I can't tell you how important I think a bl...

Ok, heres my situation, Im 24 years old.. I live in Las Vegas and I play " poker" for a living.. I have about X amount Liquid that I really want to use towards investing in Real Estate, ideally id like to get full fle...

I invest in pre-development properties throughout the United States and Mexico. These properties are purchased (with the clout of over 100,000 buyers in our group) at substantially under market prices (creating instan...

Hey all! Brand new to BiggerPockets...been on here for just a few weeks! I am an active duty Air Force pilot and I'm looking at getting into REI. Initially, I wanted to buy some rentals but I'm not quite sure I wou...

Hi everyone,

I would like to share a story of success and failure. The first flip I ever did I made $65,000 and was riding high. I was on top of the world. That's when it all fell apart.

I listened the realtor t...

I am reading a book by a well-known author right now and he has some disparaging remarks for yield measurements for real estate investing. I tend to agree with him given that most real estate activities carry a huge ...

Once again my handyman who has no accountability said “maybe next week” and “it’ll be a month” so I tried to book a TAKL for a small job. I got a provider within seconds. They have expanded to my area and this is grea...

Hey everyone, I'm currently a poker dealer in Pittsburgh, PA but I would like to take online classes to become an Agent here in PA. Hopefully being an agent will help me along in my Investor journey. Does anyone have ...

I have a 3/2 that I am considering renting by the room. It also has 2 living room areas the tenants would share a kitchen. It's not going to be a vacation rental more like a college rental. Basically just a place for...