I am working on a long term buy and hold plan..  SFH's here in Nor cal are SO overpriced.  I am 40, 3 kids, full time job... I envision doing Property management at least in the first decade, but do a lot of work myse...

I had a purchase contract with the Bank of America on a house.  They "cancelled" the purchase contract and told me I am not getting my deposit back.  They are not in a strong position legally, but they will likely be ...

What kind of crazy responses have you had to your letters sent offering to buy someone's house?

I've had someone completely chew me out for sending "all of those f'ing" letters and threatened to kick my butt. He expr...

We are newbies.  Like typical newbies, we're stupid.  We're about 3 months and 1.5 properties into this biz, and realizing just how inexperienced we are.  I just stumbled across biggerpockets (which is amazing!!!), an...

I have a SF rental with tenants that have been there for about a year and a half. It is a very nice family who takes absolutely immaculate care of the property. The carpet still looks brand new! The problem is that it...

Hello All, The commercial RE forum seemed like the best place to post this.I just wanted to share before and after pics of our first bar/restaurant build out!  This is our first project and we have certainly learned a...

Hi. 
I'm new to real estate investing and trying to learn how to get my feet wet and get into this field.
I feel like from everything I read, I am not quite in the position to be as flexible with securing my first i...

This is a hypothetical situation. Billy has a day job earning $100,000 per year in California. He wants to build a real estate empire in his local market as the king of residential real estate (1-4 units). What value ...

I wanted to get other people’s opinion of JWB as a PM company. I have been disappointed with the amount of fees and personal piggy bank attitude that the PM has regarding owner investments.
My experience with JWB ha...

I'm under contract for a 3 unit, the owner wants to stay on as a tenant and is willing to sign a lease (initially the property was advertised as owner would like to stay but not required). I'm ok with this as I figure...