We had a conversation with a guy today and it went something like this:"Hey I saw you hauling some lumber the other day. Whatcha building?""We bought a rental house and I was fixing a safety hazard." (Concrete step at...

While we are having a good discussion on applicants with language challenges, I thought a more generalized discussion on other areas that may or may not fall under discrimination would be a worthwhile topic to refresh...

BP,So I have come to the realization that I am going to have to do some kind of mail marketing campaign in order to start up my wholesale business. Originally I wanted to "drive for dollars" to get my first few deals ...

Happy new year, folks! I'm a guy approaching middle-age, living in Chicago. For several reasons (property taxes, politics), I would prefer to begin real estate investing somewhere other than locally. Currently, my int...

Is the only way I can get comps through a realtor? :roll:

I read this article the other day and thought the different perspectives were interesting: Ray Dalio warns 'cash is trash' as Warren Buffett sits on $128 billion.
As the title of the article suggests, you basically h...

In my hometown of Las vegas, I constantly see ads on craigslist for wholesale deals. I would love to ask the agent that's been helping me out to see if they are really deals, but they don't provide the address. They r...

Dear BiggerPockets Family,

Wow, I have been a member since March 2013 and this is my first post here in BiggerPockets. My heart is pounding, let's just say I have a bit of a social phobia. ahah! I definitely ...

My pipeline of lead seems to have all but closed. Not getting call, bandits signs going missing, adwors campaign is only pulling leads from out of state, not locally. In a small city of 57000 people, nobody need to se...

As I was walking home I noticed furniture and nicknacks piled on the street. ...What on earth? Then I saw the people standing next to it. With windchills below freezing I realized these folks had been put out by the S...