Hi everyone. I have a question regarding changing out a Federal Pacific Electrical Box. I have a handy man that is NOT a licensed electrician that has changed many boxes, is capable and will charge me much less than a...

Hi there! I'm in the process of making my first real estate investment and came across a property that is of high-flood risk.
This is not uncommon for my location - about 14% of all properties in my city have a 26% o...

My wife and I are applying for a 100K HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) as a potential funding source for down payments/Rehab costs.  We have not purchased any buy, rehab, and hold properties yet, but that is our goa...

According to this article, http://www.examiner.com/article/the-fico-credit-score-and-strategic-default, researchers have found distinct character traits that identify potential strategic defaulters. They say strategi...

Hello friends,
I have heard many podcasts with lawyers saying that real estate is the most common source of lawsuits and that its not if but when we'll get sued.  A lawyer obviously has a vested interest in scaring u...

Hello BiggerPockets,
I'd like to open a discussion on an unconventional approach to real estate investment: utilizing unsecured term loans instead of the traditional route of mortgages. This strategy might sound unor...

My partner and I are moving to Kentucky to begin syndicating apartments in Lexington and Covington (or Cincinnati). Because we won't move until November/December, networking with the local REIA isn't feasible. Do you ...

I had a question pertaining to pulling permits on a potential rehab project in Wisconsin. Say we decide to move on this deal and decide to reconfigure the floor plan, adding a bedroom, and changing the flow of the hou...