My vote goes to Professor Gates who immediately accused a police officer of racial profiling when that police officer responded to a report of a break-in of his own house. Was it really too much to ask that Prof. Gat...

It is possible after all! After months and months of learning, I decided to dive in to the world of flipping. After a month of searching and offering on properties, I found the winner. I bought it off of the MLS (10 o...

Hey everyone, my name is Blake and I'm a mechanical engineering major at a community college in Springfield, Mo. I have been diving into real estate for a little over a year and I am now confident it is what I want to...

I have been reading a lot of books on rental property investments and have heard varying opinions on what qualifies as a "good" rental property investment based on monthly cash flow. I've read anywhere from $80 to $60...

So I'm in Wally World minding my business and a guy comes up and down the aisle giving out business cards! Lo and behold he's a remodeling contractor! Don't know if it's a sign from God or not, but I have been looking...

Hi, I'm considering joining a mentoring program run by a successful local wholesaler to help me develop a wholesaling business. In addition to counseling and reinforcement, the mentor would offer me contract forms, ac...

In my city, our probate leads are published in the newspaper at the same time each month. I am finding that even in some big cities, folks are still having to trek down to the courthouse.

I was wondering, where all o...

After years of interest in real estate, I found BiggerPockets in February of this year... and today, I closed on my first 4-family rental property. Here are the numbers and some photos... plus four things that helped ...

I've been on BP for a bit and I've noticed something. I love the landlord forums, but any time someone poses and issue there inevitably is someone(s) who bring up hiring a PM. Can we just agree that a PM is not a fix ...

I’ve been doing a lot of research lately and I wanted to share with you guys what I have found about the correlation between unemployment, delinquencies and housing prices. During the 2008 housing crisis the housing ...