Good morning everyone (it is morning for me and most likely this post will appear when it will be morning for you)... Yes I am from a far-far-away land called MADAGASCAR (and no, there are no penguins, lions, giraffes...

BP family! I'm very excited! I just closed my first deal as an investor a week ago. After scouting the MLS for months I finally pulled the trigger on a duplex (1 bedroom over 1 bedroom) in West Philadelphia. It's not ...

Although I started in real estate some 20 years ago, I have been watching a wide variety of webinars recently, seeing if there are truly useful ideas out there

So far, these are some thoughts I have:

- Value - many ...

slumlord is a pretty harsh term, however, let's say-Its a rough neighborhood (some spray paint and busted windows on various bldgs)-A bunch of 2-4plexes on the block-the living conditions of current tenants is bad (pa...

Like the title says, I have recently discovered Bigger Pockets and am so excited to have found a community/forum of likeminded investors!I have been “flirting” with the idea of Multifamily RE investing for 6 months no...

Just saw a story on 60 minutes about several very large banks manufacturing ownership documents. All related to mortgage forclosures in the past several years. It appears they can not come up with the real title of ow...

Hello,I am new to Bigger Pockets. I am trying to help my mother who is in a difficult real estate situation (I apologize for this lengthy email in advance but it is a complex situation). She lives in Hawaii but purcha...

We have worked hard to build our relationships over time, with owners and investors, and we are even expanding. We have done this by evaluating workload, and setting fair Property Management rates with our owners, on ...

I have never listened to a pod cast before.. but I thought I would try one on BP and listened to one last week about a nice young man who is buying out of state and was all excited about it.The really important factor...

Being that there are many more wrong ways to accomplish a given task than there are right ways I thought a thread covering some of the "donts" might be useful for those just getting their feet wet in repairs and renov...