My husband and I are fairly new to real estate investing. He owns a pest control company and I'm a substitute teacher. Owning rental property seemed like a pipe dream for us. But then when the market tanked in 2010, t...

I closed on a SFR in Ogden, UT yesterday and I'm to the point where I need to interview contractors. I've got a handful of suggestions from friends/family, but would like to throw it out to BP and see who the best is....

Hello All,I recently purchased some land in Northern Kentucky with great city views of Cincinnati.  It's in a solid, up and coming neighborhood with lots of development nearby.  I've completed a geotechnical surveys t...

I wanted to share my BP success story since I am now a full time RE investor and I owe a lot of it to this site. My story involves creating a very valuable partnership with another BP member, Vikram.

I have been qui...

Well, I'm not really surprised by the outcome although dealing with any 'licensed' real estate 'professional' you just never know.

Most of you guys don't know the volume in which I do short sales. I typically do a l...

Dear BP members,I just wanted to share with you this story because I realize that many of us (newbies) struggle with getting a mentor to help us and guide us during our first deals. Well let me tell you what I have do...

Hey Ladies and Gentlemen’s, I live in Louisiana but I’m thinking about buying some property in Detroit. I notice they have a lot property on the low end ($3,000- $10,000) and some are bundle deals. They are in low inc...

About 2 years ago I drove by this horribly ugly blue house that I could barely see from the road. I had been reading BP posts about driving for dollars and finding the seller to buy it. After an hour of google searchi...

Hello BiggerPockets,Basically we are looking to upgrade our current home to buy a single story home from current two story home of the same size in the same city san Jose. We are aged 55 and 50, we expect to work at l...

Well I can start by saying hi , so hi. Alyssa is my name. Just turned 22, college drop out as of recently. Got a full ride scholarship to play ball and study. I worked tirelessly, gave everything I had for this sport....