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Hello,
I've finally taken my first step towards real estate investing and have a finished basement suite in my home. It has a separate kitchen and laundry. Now that the basement suite is done, I'm thinkin...
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Hello, I've been on the lookout for my first rental property in the los Angeles market. I may have found one in Tarzana which I put an offer down on but after reading a book called How An Economy Grows And Why It Cras...
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Good Morning Bigger Pockets!! Hey just curious what age you were when you started investing in real estate. Little background on me. I'm 59 have a great job in an industry that I'm burned out in. Live 3 hours from fri...
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Being a landlord or real estate investor is tough. Not everyone is going to see things the same way you do. Things like evictions or rent increases are very sensitive subjects. Many people in our society want to vilif...
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With my burgeoning interest in real estate I decided to join Bigger Pockets to hopefully surround myself with people with whom I can talk about this business and maybe even work with in the future. In real life I'm su...
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What payment method do you all prefer when it comes to accepting rent? I’m looking for something easy, organized, and hopefully automated.
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I keep reading people here saying "Your rental properties are a business" as a precursor to some inflexible dogma about sticking to the letter of agreements and pursuance of remedies for breaches. Let me point out ...
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Hi there! I am looking to buy my first home and I'm more than terrified. I'm 28, female and live in San Diego, CA. My parents have been pushing me to buy a home for years and I just haven't been ready. I pay $1300 in ...
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There is this house in my friends neighborhood, nice colonial nice neighborhood and typical nice people. Husband went/going through Bankruptcy and house in wifes name is being foreclosed on. Bank got the judgement an...