I'm in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and this was my first rehab / flip.I'm not happy that I'm losing money on this one, but I learned SO much from it.  I will probably lose about 12k on this one, depends on closin...

I been seeing alot of people criticize people but yet charge thousands of dollars for helpIf someone wants to invest out of state let them! and if you have something to say make sure its positive and not negative. Sam...

Sometimes people post on Bigger Pockets about wanting to know "how" to do something ... not theoretically how, but specific examples. So here is an example of how I conduct/host an open house showing for a rental prop...

BiggerPockets Partners with TransUnion to Provide Tenant Screening & Credit Checks

In an effort to serve our members, BiggerPockets now offers tenant screening services in concert with the cr...

New Landlord here!I recently took a phone call from a potential tenant, interested in my rental property.  I started running him through the basic pre-screening questions and red flags flew up left and right but I am ...

Do most people who flip homes have a full time 9-5 job. By looking at the tv show it seem like most of the successfull flips have owners who spend a lot of time in the house making sure everything is going as it shou...

Hello BPers!,I've been thinking about shipping containers as homes, and wanted to know if anybody here has done that. There has been some good articles online and shows on television about the pros and cons of buildin...

I got the duplex I even have a quick response from my craigslist post. Then reality strikes. I'm clueless.How much of a deposit?Do I charge a application fee so i can cover cost of screening? How much?Is there some le...

What kind of crazy responses have you had to your letters sent offering to buy someone's house?

I've had someone completely chew me out for sending "all of those f'ing" letters and threatened to kick my butt. He expr...