I am a new/old member, and I say that because I have been reading BiggerPockets since 2008, but I just now created an account.Anyway a little about me:I was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised in Burlington NJ. I gra...

Will the insatiable demand for this slow down ?   At first, I thought it was a joke and now I realize it's not.   I speak with individuals that have no planning done at all but they can't wait to tell me about their e...

Below are 10 factors I wish I would have realized a long time ago.  Just my opinions, but perhaps one or two will resonate within you and change the way you think about investing and life in general.  Here’s to gettin...

I had a tenant here in Colorado.  I knew he fell on hard times and filed bankrupcy but did not include rent in that filing.  He said he wanted to stay until lease was up (August) but I felt he was not being straight w...

I want to make sure I rack up 750 hours doing real estate this year to get my losses counted against my W2 earnings. I have 6 units and it is taking up lots of my time.
The question is what counts ? For example to se...

Hi fellow members,I closed on a 4-plex six months ago, with three units occupied and one unit vacant.  Rented out the vacant unit at market price ($2700) on the weekend after closing.  I also submitted application for...

Hi everyone, I've been on here a while but this is my first post.I'm looking to scale my real estate business after recently moving into investing full time. Most of my experience is in long term and short term rental...

Trying out advertising for my "we buy houses" type website on Facebook, currenlty running it live for the next 3 days.anyone tried it before, love it or hate it? what are your results?

Ive read a few things about onlying being able to cash out refinance 75% or the purchase +closing costs, whichever is lower. I plan to purchase a distressed property amd do the renovations with my heloc. Once I'm fini...

My wife and I are wanting to begin acquiring some rentals but need some guidance.  We have been to previous REI meetings when we were in another state but really didn't see much value from that at the time.  Lots of b...