A recent article that I wrote on the BP blog received some criticism because I suggest that a 401(k) is one of the best ways to increase your net worth.This strategy was criticized by a couple of readers and I thought...

If you are middle class in America and you depend on W2 income for a living, the chips are stacked against you.1. Why are Americans who work for a living taxed more than investors who live off of their investments?2. ...

I hope this post will help inspire new investors to keep pushing everyday until they reach their goals. I owe a lot of my success to the BP community and I hope to give back as much as I have received! 
Three years a...

Hi BiggerPockets!,I'm hoping someone can give me some solid advice here. The police called me this morning to let me know that a tenant (not on a lease) but living with someone who is on the lease, took his own life t...

I'm in Canada. Cheapest places in the city I live in go for about 170k, and you couldn't get them for much lower than that (no distressed housing of any sort). Now, what you get for that 170k isn't much (an old tow...

Hey everyone.

First time posting. I've been pouring through the BP podcasts and have heard almost all of them. I had a question that had probably already been asked, but I haven't had time to sit down in front of th...

Hi all.I am thinking of selling a few properties in 2016. I would prefer to do a 1031 exchange on them to avoid paying the tax, but most markets in the US seem overbought right now (both SFH and multi-family). I am a ...

What was your January 1, 2016 like?  Well let me tell you about mine.  At the end of the year I had a little spare cash sitting around but I knew that I needed to get at least 3 houses, maybe four roofed this summer. ...

What are come common exit strategies for a buy and hold investor?  Considering investing in properties with little or no money down.  If I need to sell, I'll incur the typical closing costs which would essentially mak...

In the process of reading "Twitter Power 2.0" and one of the interesting things I read about is your profile picture should be a picture of you, not of your pet, or a landscape scene. This got my attention because it ...