I just started a free online course offered through Stanford University called Technology Entrepreneurship.  The first assignment was as follows:In the text box please: Identify the start-up/company (name)Describe the...

Hello BiggerPockets!I flipped a couple of properties years before the 2007-2008 downturn, but did it while working a full time job. I had a great contractor and we worked almost like partners.I learned a lot from him ...

The biggest problem for homeowners who want to take advantage of low interest rates and refinance their homes is the appraisal. Although many homeowners are not technically underwater in their current mortgages, they ...

Hello – can someone please help me make sense out of how my property market value can decrease by a couple of hundred thousand dollars in less than one year? Is property value and market value the same thing? Could th...

Just a question on the valuation of a self storage facility. This property has not been in operation for several years and is in a high traffic area. The area is not that great and several homeless have become resid...

I am looking to invest up to $200K cash in apartment buildings anywhere in the US.  I am struggling to down select markets to build relationships in so I can get deal flow.In 2008 David Lindahl published "Emerging Rea...

Hi all, 
I'm a new investor vetting multiple markets for buy and hold SFH. Based on my research, it looks like Birmingham is a great place to invest:
Diverse jobs/economy (Financial offices in BBVA and Wells Fargo, ...

Any insights on economic development, population movement and jobs diversity for Mobile, AL will be much appreciated.
I have already used city-data for these markets, but the information is dated. Looking for current...

Hi, I Live in San Diego CA and have inherited 350,000 after taxes . I lost my job after going home to take care of my ailing dad who passed away . I sold his my share in business in India and moved back here. There is...

Hi BP community,

Wanted to get your thoughts on Leander / cedar park area. Looking to buy and hold there. How's the rental market and the job growth in that area. Leander seems a bit too far from Austin?

Thanks !