When you are selling a home, do you ever pay more than 3% to the buyer's agent? To set your property apart from competition? Under what circumstances would you pay more? How much more?

Hi, We recently had water backup come up from our floor drains in the basement. I would like to get a check valve installed in the sewer line to prevent this from happening again. Can anyone recommend a good plumber o...

Hello All,I am currently searching for contaminated properties, also known as brownfield properties (i.e. former gas-stations, landfills, dry cleaners, industrial), for my father's cleanup business. Ideally we are loo...

Just wondering what the best technique is when driving for dollars. Do you automatically send postcard if you are using DealMachine or similar type app when you find what appears to be distressed home? Or do you first...

I know that 3/2's are what most renters and lease-purchasers are looking for but our market has a lot of very affordable 2/1's. I have seen some homes that have literally added a "box" on the back that contains a n...

Hello BiggerPockets family,
I will be closing my first deal June 30th, and right now I am worried about where my next deal is going to come from. Unfortunately, I don't have many people in my database at all. I was p...

As a realtor, being visible on social media is pretty important.  Or so I read.  Seeing as 90% of society has a smart phone glued to their face a majority of the day.But what have you found to be sensible amount of so...

I really wanted to save this for my introductory post... and this forces me to make that post happen soon!! Anywho.... I planned on hanging up bandit signs in the wee hours of the morning... well my alarm clock went o...

I have a new three unit rental property, I'm currently in unit 1.  Unit 2  and 3's heating units either need to be fixed or upgraded.  They are both forced air.  There's issues with open vents that could cause co to f...

I’m just starting out in REI, but I’m young enough where if I’m lucky my career can be another 50 years. Over this timeline, climate change is a huge concern. I’ve already more or less ruled out coastal cities for flo...