Hello. I am a newbie to the group. Looking for advice - Do I Sell or Hold?I own a home in San Diego CA. I purchased the house in 2015, in a transitional neighborhood for a low price, and the value has since doubled. H...

Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...

So I've been sitting on $45k of cash in my Roth for some time now, and I can no longer make contributions due to IRS limitations.  I'm wary of sticking it into the stock market like I did since I graduated college in ...

I'm almost 50 and just woke up to the power of REI.  Kicking myself for not learning about this 30 years ago.  But here I am, and I have a decent pile of cash ($120K) and a pretty good 401K.  So I'm in a great positio...

Hi Everyone,I am closing on my first rental duplex in mid-December located in an opportunity zone. I do not yet have an LLC set up for this property and it will be owned by my husband and me at first. We were planning...

How do over the counter tax deeds work?

A little over a year ago I bought a triplex in Chelsea with 2 tenants in place. I've poured a lot of money into repairs because previous landlord didn't take care of anything, then I put in a 3rd tenant. I've been luc...

Upon joining up with Bigger Pockets, I logged on to see an advertisement that said "cold calling is dead" that was advertising a book. While it looks attractive, the data simply doesn't support this proposal. In a...

Just prior to my first real estate investment in 2014, the 2% was heavily promoted by Brandon Turner.   Then more recently it was lowered to the 1% rule.  Now the current staff are promoting around .8%.   So interesti...

Hi EveryoneI'm new to real estate investing and this is also my first forum post on BP. I purchased land about 6 months ago and my goal is to develop the land. More specifically, I want to build my own home. I've gott...