I am not sure there is really a good thread here in BP which address this question.  I know there are many blogs but those do not provide expanded conversations around the idea, IMO.  If you are a seasoned, new or pot...

Given that there is such a liquid market of buyers online I was wondering what people's thoughts are on the commission paid to Realtors. A 6% commission has always seemed scandalously high to me given the typical amo...

To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...

Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property.  A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago.  I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...

Perhaps I'm generalizing, but I see some heavy hostility towards the idea of whole-saling in the forums.  Why do a lot of members seem to be so against wholesale?  I've seen "unethical" and "shady" thrown around a lot...

Has anyone used the company SEOMEETSREI for backlink services? I found them on the Investor Carrot website as one of their preferred vendors. 

How much do you pay your bird dogs for a deal you close on? My contractor brought me a deal (which requires work on the house which I would of course have him do despite him not being the most cost effective bid) and ...

Hello All,I recently saw a video titled “5 Powerful Paths to Multi-family Mastery” by Paul Moore that is on YouTube. One of the paths mentioned was to become a “Multi-family Deal Finder” and this is what got my atte...

Hello, I am new to the game of Investing, and I am loving the learning curve ( pretty exciting! ). I have a question, that may seem naive, but I am trying to learn from others and do well the first time around. If I f...