First and foremost, thank you to this community and so many individuals that have willingly paid it forward to help me get to this point.A little personal history.. I discovered BP 3-4 years ago and have been hungry t...

What is the market standard for determining a property's Cap rate and NOI? Do you get a professional appraiser or is it just as off the cuff as it appears to be on Loopnet?Are their certain expense items you can leave...

Hi BP, Question: Does anyone have experience with back billing of water bills from properties purchased at Sheriff Sale?Current Situation:  My partner and I current have a property under contract, cleared to close, bu...

So after having been highly intrigued by yesterdays debates about the ethical use of advertising for a phantom house using bandit signs, I was curious as to what people may think regarding other forms of 'fake' adv...

Hello Bigger Pockets Community,Just a quick note to introduce myself:  I'm a new investor in the Chicago area, and I'm eager to connect with folks on BP, learn from the forums, and jump into the world of real estate i...

Hey guys, thanks in advance for the help! I am a little confused as to when/if I should refinance my home. I purchased it via a VA Loan back in Oct '17 for $210k with a mortgage of around $1515 a month and a 3.75% int...

Hello BP!I'm looking for anyone with information on a ballpark number for the cost to build a 4-plex...all concrete/concrete block.  I reside on Guam, and the structures here are 99% fully concrete block/poured concre...

Late last year, it dawned on me--after about a year of wrestling with what steps come next for me--that the right thing for me to do, you could perhaps call it a calling, was to take my investing from a side hustle, t...

Hi BP.I have a tenant who has NOT paid rent for this month (August), rent is due 1st of every month according to lease agreement. I sent her a 5 day notice via certified mail with return receipt requested because she ...

Hey BP community! I'm still very new to the REI game and am in the stage of education and research, learning as much as I can about the buy and hold method. I was interested in hearing from investors who have rentals ...