Jason Mathews
Having Diarrhea - What's that got to do with REI??
Does having diarrhea make one an Expert on Toilets?
Just because one investor, in one part of the country, during a specific time period, uses a specific technique (s) to make money in real estate, does not make him...
Eugene Lavatman
Fastest AND cheapest ways to accept payments from tenants
Hello BiggerPockets community, we have been accepting payments from tenants using Zelle, Venmo and Paypal. Zelle and Venmo requires tenants to have an American bank account. We can receive the payment INSTANTLY and F...
Matt Jones
What happens if I don't move in Fannie Mae Property in 60 days? Bought as an owner occupant.
I bought a fourplex from Fannie Mae about 60 days ago as an owner occupant and I have yet to move in. I do plan to live there but I've had two contracts fall through on my house and I have a flip that is taking longe...
Josh Sterling
How to scale the landlording business
I originally was going to send this as an email to a couple of investors I know that may be encountering the same issues or have already overcome them, but I realized I would be missing out on some potentially grea...
Mark H.
$500,000 in cash. What to do.
I have yet to purchase any rental property. I have made my money overseas from savings. I do like owning some stocks, but I now want to diversify into real estate. I have $500,000 in cash. I do not want to rush in...
Gary Ennis
Costs for Furnishing a Vacation Rental Property
Experienced VR owners - I'd love to hear your tips/tricks for furnishing a property in a manner that is cost effective while still appealing to your target guests.We spent way too much (IMO) on furnishing our first VR...
Rob Cook
Are you Stuck in Neutral, unable to get started in RE investing?
Today, I read only two blog posts on BP, and BOTH were about the same subject. Getting Started in RE investing, essentially. I believe there are very real, and many imagined impediments to would-be, aspiring Real Est...
Frank Dai
Tutorial for buying at foreclosure auctions
I invest in foreclosures in the Monterey Bay region. I have been doing this for 2 years and have had 7 profitable deals.
This is a short tutorial of the process. By the end of this post you'll have...
Babek Sandhar
Are We Headed for a Great Depression 2.0?
I have talked about markets correcting for quite some time (actually began posting more in anticipation of a my fears of us spiraling into a depression like crisis). Here and here are two of the previous forum posts w...
Eric Sturdivant
Tax Lien
Hello I starting a new passion in life in real estate and I was told that starting tax lien properties is a great way to create cash flow. I wanted to know what would be the first step for going in this direction