I have lived and rented in Austin for the past year. I am ready to buy, but I am trying to decide between living in a townhome/condo setting closer to downtown or a single family home a little further out. 2+BR, 2+BA,...

A duplex buy and hold we recently purchased has a front stoop with side walls (the sides of the steps, about 2 feet high on each side) made of gray cement blocks. The house is white and I was considering adding some c...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/houzz/2015/01/06/12-ki...Any thoughts? Agree or disagree?Like or hate?

So I purchased one house at the end of Feb and it's still not finished being rehabbed, but about 2 weeks after that I bought another house (house #2).  We finished it up and after a week on the market we accepted an o...

How do you evaluate what improvements are profitable for rental units?Assuming everything is repainted & clean, what is a good framework to understand the impact of:-new kitchen countertops -bathroom updates-lands...

Let me start the discussion off by just saying, Hi my name is Derek. My current occupation is Pro Account Sales Associate for The Home Depot. My passion is financial education and real estate investing. Im just puttin...

Many self-managing investors on Bigger Pockets have to handle security deposits and this can sometimes be challenging. We wanted to share our the experience we have gathered throughout the years by managing hundreds o...

How do you go about insuring that your units stand out in their given area, attracting higher rents and more quality tenants, without overdoing it and wasting valuable money? Do most of you find only one or two differ...

Hi BP,I recently purchased my first investment property and quote excited!  The renovation is going well as far as I can tell.  My present dilemma is the bathtub.  It is has yellow stains  which I thought would be an ...

On one of my recent specs I thought it would be fun to document the project with pics. So I will share here the pictures and documents for anyone who may be considering specs, or is simply interested in following the ...