When we moved to southern California, we rented out our house in Redding. Over the years there have been several different tenants. It's a 4600 sq. ft. 4 Bdrm 4 Bathroom home on 20 acres with pool and guest house. Las...

Hello Bigger Pockets members, in your opinion what is the best way to invest in real estate without purchasing property or buying a REIT? Say someone has $20,000 cash and its just sitting there, and cant be used for r...

Looking for thoughts on a strategy to help VRBO not get immediately buried by Airbnb and be permanently assigned to an “also ran” capacity. I realize that there are variables from market to market and property to prop...

Looking for some input on REIBlackbook as a webhost / CRM! I want a user friendly plug and play CRM that does all the nerderific stuff behind the scenes without me having to "code" it myself (Podio / Globiflow)My curr...

I picked up a new tax accountant this year hoping to get help with this issue... and not only are multiple things incorrect on the return I just got back to review, but some of her advice seems *off.* (For example, I ...

Just a tip for you all starting out… Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, bartenders etc…  If they are in the cash business, they are uncollectable.  You need to find someone with a good job that is not worth leavi...

I am buying a condo without a title company. I know most people will say to use one, but I've done the title search and am confident that the seller is the only owner and that the only encumbrance is a mortgage. I als...

Ok, so I’ve recently begun looking at taking on some partners so that I will be able to do more deals. Mainly buy and hold, but the option of flips could arise in the future.

I now have two people that are willing t...

What are the main methods you use to negotiate with the seller and what are the main objections that they usually have? How do you overcome those?

I am taking over management of my property beginning July 13 - reading "The Book on Managing Rental Properties now. Current property management company has no response to my alarm upon seeing that new tenants have cho...