Leaving for a deployment in July and looking to hire a property manager. What should I be looking for when searching for one? Typical fee seems about 8%, but what should I expect that 8%  to cover on their end? This i...

I am a broker, investor, and property manager here in Sacramento CA (100+ listings on Airbnb) and I've been doing a lot of business lately helping people from the Bay Area invest in Sacramento. I'm at the point where ...

I am a pretty new investor. I live in California but am really interested in buying in Akron to create cash flow. I have researched the neighborhoods and was just there last week with my sister-in-law. She flew in fro...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2016/07/19...Please check out this interesting recent article posted on forbes! I'm curious what others on the BP community think about how this will impact the future of real e...

Hello everyone!   We are looking at diversifying our investments and wanted to get more education on note buying.Please shed some light on good books to read,  classes/seminars to take, etc.We are in New York, and we'...

To start, I’m attempting to purchase my first multi family property. I found a duplex that was listed for $250k. The market has been extremely competitive in my city so I acted fast and offered $255k which the seller ...

Our Director of Operations, @Scott Trench , is quite young in the grand scheme of things.But his experience level raises his age considerably, and his thought processes show just how wise-beyond-his-years he truly is....

Hi Chicago folks. Could you shed light on the following scenario:
- Tenant on a year-long lease that ended August.
- Tenant continued to pay rent September and November. 
- No new lease was signed.Two questions (on...

I am a newbie and trying to find a market to invest has been very difficult. I believe there may be some general rules such as growing population, job growth, population more than 100,000, crime rates. But, I see othe...

I found Bigger Pockets a few months ago after deciding I wanted to take control of my future and realizing that I had still had the real estate bug.  I have had the bug for a long time but never really took any action...