My fiancé owes a small 2bed 2bath townhouse outright. It was her primary with a roommate until she moved in with me, now it is rented fully. It is valued at $1.3mil and she bought for $550k 5 years ago so not a bad re...

Hi, my name is Hector and I decided to get into the Real Estate world last year. I live in Lancaster, CA and own a single family home rental. I have been a lurker on these forums and soaked up a lot of knowledge so th...

It's that time again...The light is on and I'm taking questions.  If you've read a real estate book, gone through some real estate forums, watched some videos and you KNOW you want to become a real estate investor but...

Buyer gave me a low-ball offer.  Then they came up to $95k all cash, saying that's the best they could do.  OK.... Well, I said $99k was the lowest I would go, considering the buyer's agent commission % is really comi...

I received this text this morning from one of my tenants..."Good Morning, Mike! We have been seeing a TON of spiders and bugs in the house, and were wondering if it would be possible to get it sprayed. Please let me k...

Bet that got your attention! Don't get me wrong  I am a huge believer in using private money but I would recommend that newbies not use it!WHY?! You may ask! Private money is great and will take you far but if you are...

We were just yesterday looking at some options for home warranty type of services and I think crowd-sourcing this one may help:The provider we were looking at specifically was HomeServe, however there are numerous oth...

Hey Guys and Gals,

This is not your typical post on BP but, since y'all are going to be similar to me and looking at things from a financial sense I would like to hear your opinions. And a lot of you have exp...

Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...

Hey BP! I have an interesting and important dilemma in real estate that I don't feel gets touched on enough. It's something I've been struggling with for years, despite the tremendous success I've had over the last fe...