Hey BP,My father has agreed with being on board with helping me purchase my first rental property. At this time, it seems like he is only comfortable with putting down $20,000 on this investment.We plan on finding a p...

Hey, y’all! 👋🏼 I’m Kimberly. My husband & I live between 2 homes: a family farm outside Galesburg IL (45 mins south of the QC), and a historic home (c. 1841) in Burlington IA…right on the Mississippi River (5 mins...

Long story short.  I currently resided in Phoenix and make my living as a residential and commercial general contractor.  I spent about six months managing a commercial project in Oregon in 2013 with a couple ventures...

Economists:It is said that there are 4 phases of a real estate cycle: (1) RECESSION (supply greatly exceeds demand and high vacancy rate); (2) RECOVERY (rental growth remains stagnant with little signs of new construc...

I want to start investing in Illinois. How do I find out which counties and cities in those counties would be the best places to start in? Why?

Hi guys! This is my first post and I am oh so excited to have stumbled upon the world of Bigger Pockets and financial independence.Where to begin..? I am now 22 years old and live in the city of Seattle, an intimidati...

Hi all, I'm taking a peek at some North Buckhead properties & I'm trying to understand that market.  I'm seeing a lot of the properties on the bottom end (around $600k) sit for a long time.  Is there a bifurcation...

I currently have a business partner in eight buildings. Three of the buildings are single family and the rest are multi. In total there are 21 units. I own one single family home myself. We owe approx. 250k on v...

Well, I’ve had my first taste of a scam being run on my (1st ) rental. Our agent put it on the market in mid-February 2011 and we signed a rental agreement with tenants just last week. Apparently, someone has been...

Hello!My family and I are relocating to Minneapolis in December and we will be lucky enough to be investing in real estate full time.  We are looking to invest in the western suburbs as well as the Edina/Calhoun area....