Hello everyone,
I just wanted to hop on and give a quick life update. As of last week, I am officially a Real Estate Agent and will be working for Laplante Real Estate based here in Toledo Ohio. I am super excited to...

Dear BP family,
Is there a way I can find out what's considered finished, semi-finished and unfinished basement for appraisal?
What exactly do I need to do, so that appraiser will consider my basement finished or se...

a friend of mine and i are meeting in a few hours to start planning for our first property purchase. we both live in manhattan and are looking to purchase a 4-6 unit residential building in the nyc metro area (most li...

There have been many threads recently debating the merit of this supposed rule. I think MUCH of the disagreement is about:

1. When the "rule" should be applied
2. What the definition of the "rule" is

Let's try to...

I open this topic for all of us who not be able to come to the summit.

Summit attendees please write your daily experiences in this daybook maybe with some pictures if possible. So we can participate with you :).

An...

Hi BP family!I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way for me to finally close on my first property, as well as anyone who has written inspiring discussions / blogs. BP is an extremel...

Hello All,In order to be advertised as a bedroom, a room has to have a closet, correct? Does it also require a window, I would think so. Any other characteristics a room must have?Thanks!

A friend of mine has a property management company and owns many buildings.  We recently received a notice from our city stating that they entered the unoccupied building and inspected it.  They sent a huge list of se...

My first investment property is officially on the market. Purchase price was $125,000. Roughly $25,000 in repairs, $3,000 in holding costs so far. It has been a four month process with myself and my family provi...

I have been a member of BiggerPockets for several months now and have been super quiet in the forums. I guess I have been quietly learning and absorbing as much information as I can :-) but my plan is to become mo...