I live just outside of Washington DC where I would say the average home price is about $475,000. Based on the going rate for rents, for $475,000 house I probably won't be able to get more than $2800 in rental income f...

  I ordered a book lately on RE investing from Amazon, and the guru started out with the typical hype, selling the sizzle and not the steak.  You know, the whole, imagine yourself living the dream, not having to work,...

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It has been awhile since I have last posted. I have been taking my real estate classes and slated to take the state exam in January. The driver for me taking the courses is to educate myself about the busi...

Hello BP.I have recently began my journey into buying my first property.  I have my financing in order and now it is time to start running numbers and making offers.  I've heard people say that you shouldn't get emoti...

Just curious:If I buy a rental and close on it in the middle of March for example, and there are current tenants with a month to month lease from the previous owner, which are all paid up through March, can I as the n...

Hello ladies and gents of bigger pockets.I paid too much for my first house, and now am regretting it. Escrow closed this March, and I'm almost done rehabbing it; my out of pocket expenses (closing costs + rehab + mor...

I think I want to be my own contractor for a pretty large commercial project. Am I crazy for doing this? I could just hire a contractor to do it but my experience here with contractors has been they are SLOW. In Panam...

I have waited two years to post about this. Well, make that 2 years and 2 months but who's counting. About two years ago I had sent out some mailers that proved to be very successful. I know we had a couple of deals o...

I understand that any stock market discussion would be frowned upon within the Bigger pockets community as many may perceive the equities market as a loser's game. Since my early 20s, I've always been fascinated by un...

My husband and I bought our first property in July. We researched, read books, went to meetups for about 8 months before we made our move. Bought a half occupied 4 plex in cinci. It had been a money pit from the get g...