Many media outlets, respected investors and the like are reporting 2013 will be yet another recession. Possibly more severe than the one in 2008 due to factors such as increased national debt, printing money, manipula...

Hi Everyone,I have been reading the book on Rental Property investing by Brandon Turner and it is helping me a lot. Brandon always mentions that appreciation is like gambling and a speculation. We should not buy any p...

Hi BiggerPockets! I'm pretty new to the forums but I've been using BiggerPockets as a resource on and off for a few years. I'm getting more serious about real estate investing- I was a full time architecture graduate ...

Hello everyone,I own a duplex in California that is currently paid off. In its current condition it is worth 250k and needs a bit of work cosmetically, id say 40,000 in updates. I️ currently collect 1850 in rent and h...

Here's my situation: I want to buy an investment property at 20% down (which would be $10k-11k).I can get a loan for the down payment (talked with a credit union already). If I choose 5 years for repayment of this loa...

Hey there! so I’ve got a bit of a struggle going on in my head right now, and was looking to see if any one, specifically appraisers had any advice out there. The triplex were living in right now we bought as a Duplex...

My Section 8 tenant's daily water usage ranges from 50 - 600 gallons per day.  It is a family of 3 adults and 2 children.  1 full bath and 1 half bath.  Is this normal?

I am following Brandon Turner by being an inquiring mind, like,"whats working for you."

After observing for awhile I realized there are many of you on this blog that really don't need to continue being involved in t...

Hello,Wondering if BP could help me figure out how to present this opportunity to another investor/partner and if there would be any potential problems that I haven't thought about yet...I met a guy that would like to...

I am planning to attend live event this month with the subject study about Notes. Could anyone to share with experience on this kind of investing and give an idea how long time it may consume to get in the field an...