I am a lot like and nothing like a lot of the other college students I see on here. I am a 22 year old junior moving into my senior year of an engineering degree and I am looking to get started in the real estate real...

I have had a rolled over IRA invested in mutual funds for the last 10 years and am interested in diversifying my portfolio with real estate.  There is roughly $60k in the account.  Is this possible without penalty?

Every week, several people start threads asking how to get started or which market they should choose.  A year ago, I started asking the same questions and have a brief summary of what I think a new investor should do...

I recently read on Bigger Pockets a post on Capital expenditures that included some generic numbers.  http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/10/13/real-estate-capex-estimate-capital-expenditures/The numbers did ...

Hi Bigger Pockets!      This is my first post, so be gentle.  I wanted to reach out and see if anyone has any advice about investing (buy and hold) in areas with high property taxes.  My specific situation; I'm milita...

Hi Everyone,I'm interested in what kinds of things people are doing to find new tenants. We have a unit that will be turning over soon and have been struggling to find a new tenant. We have listings with good pictur...

I sent out 500 letters in my town, and another 100 elsewhere on the island I live on, it's Cape Cod, a very popular vacation area. We have a lot of snobby old people, and lot's of property stays within the family. A s...