Dear BP members,My wife and I are getting serious about buying our first investment property(s) (one being a personal residence) here in the Atlanta/Decatur area.  We are looking for either one distressed multifamily ...

My girlfriend and I are quitting our 9-5's to fully jump into real estate investing, but we have a few questions around funding that I'm looking for input on. We will be consulting a RE lawyer at some point, but I'm h...

I've been working in West Texas for 3 years now. The price of oil drives the entire economy. Yet, with thousands upon thousands of oil workers getting laid off, the housing market remains sky high. Homeowners are just...

HelloI'm new to Bigger Pockets. Can someone explain to me what votes are and if there is a customary way of reply to those who vote. I tried to find a glossary for bigger pockets. I figured out that Quote is reply and...

Good evening (where I am in the world);
I havent been active on here in too long! Currently deployed on a ship somewhere in some ocean, with really bad internet.
I was going through some REI resources I have on my ...

Is it just me or does there seem to be a deluge of people jumping into the investing landscape right now?

I've only been doing this for a little over 5 years now and was wondering
if some of the more experienced peo...

I would like to purchase a property with funds from my IRA to use as a rental property.  I know there are rules regarding who I can and cannot rent to (like family members).   I would like to do a lot of the managemen...

I'm working on some seminar prep with @Jason Dillard. His presentation is centered around the idea of growing your transaction creativity/profitability through the mastery of paper. For REIs involved in development pr...

When using a self directed IRA as a down payment on a rental property, I'm understanding that any cash flow can't be touched for personal use (if that's not the case please chime in). What happens then if you wanted t...

I was messaging with Bill Gulley the other day about financing and the topic of friends coming through with promised financing came up. He thought it might be an interesting thread to post, so here goes:What experienc...