First, a little about me. My wife and I have had a few really good years with our business so I took the profits and spent the last year building a small portfolio of 21 units in Columbus and Newark, OH. We have quite...

Are there any Houston area investors having trouble getting their REO offers accepted on the MLS?

Hi everyone,Perhaps a subject beaten to death, but I have a personalized question about how to decide toward what niche I should put my efforts ... in the beginning.I want to buy-and-hold.  I feel this very personally...

I am looking for marketing ideas for the investor on a budget. Right now, until I get my first deal and some positive cashflow, my budget is tight. While I don't have a lot of free time, I have more time than discrece...

Question for the BP forum? What do you do when you are tapped out of liquid cast to jump on a deal? This is for general knowledge and also evaluating my situation question. Say you have a seller that wants out complet...

During the launch of the NW Chicagoland BP Meetup (where I was the guest speaker), I was asked the question:"Wendell, how do you find all these good deals?"My answer: you got to boil down finding deals into a science....

HI BP Community!Can you help demistify Cap Rates? What is a Cap Rate? What does it tell me about the property? Why is it so important? I've read how to calculate Cap Rates, but I just don't get it...yet.Thanks in adva...

HEY BIGGER POCKETS FAMILY!!!!Update from Baton Rouge, Louisiana here.  I just got home after one of the longest days work I've put in in quite some time.  I've been inspired to write a post here for several days now a...

Hi guys,I would like to ask about your opinions and views about the following strategy.Let us assume that I am a high income individual with full time job and I want to invest in Manhattan where prices are just ridicu...

This is not to be apocalyptic but to bring back to the front of people's minds a tradition that seems to have been lost recently. People used to keep pantries with significant stores of preserved food on hand in the ...