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Benjamin Williams 1st year college student thinking of dropping out to pursue REI
20 September 2019 | 84 replies

Hello I am 20 years old in my 2nd semester of college. I live alone, am single, have no children. I have no dependents, no car notes, nothing except rent, gasoline, food. The bare minimum. I have a part time job that ...

Shane H. Publicly SHAMING an evicted former Tenant? Do it or not?
15 September 2018 | 102 replies

I've been a landlord since 2006.  Up until now I've never had to evict a tenant.  I've had people owe me what I would consider decent sums of money however always treated those tenants with respect from our first inte...

Michelle Cohen Property Management Woes
8 September 2023 | 12 replies

I own a triplex in Cleveland, and it's my first investment property. We closed mid-January. I posted before about our terrible property management company. That was in March. In May, it was acquired by another well-kn...

Christopher Bowen Subject To Investor Questions
29 April 2016 | 28 replies

Hi BP!

After listening to podcast 70 and learning about "subject to" strategies I was provoked to hop on the forums to see if anyone on BP is doing this in WA state? I am interested in this strategy and have ...

Rich Weese Different kind of success story. Overcoming fear
21 January 2012 | 38 replies

I've been asked by many about what the difference is that causes success in some, and failure in others. Normally. I think it is something very small.I hope this might remove the veil of uncertainty or fear some BP m...

Tony Freeman Why Security Deposits In Chicago Are A NO NO!
16 September 2022 | 21 replies

This isn't meant to be a long post but I have a lot of first time investors and house hackers or just investors that are new to Chicago that ask about charging a security deposit and my answer to them is NEVER charge ...

Melanie Stephens Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned: Short-Term Rentals
8 December 2021 | 123 replies

Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...

Ben I. Seller attempting to sue me for not buying property.
20 February 2020 | 140 replies

Hiya all. Well here's my situation. 
I wanted to buy a second rental property after we moved to Hawaii for work and became bankable again. I was planning on using the HELOC money from our first rental as the downpaym...

Darius Parsia The future of RE investing - 5 and 10 year outlook
27 September 2023 | 111 replies

The future of Real Estate investing is in danger, and it's going to take a lot of creativity and unity to thrive over the next decade. 
Those of you who've been in it for the past 10 or 20 years can see the writing o...

James H. To pay or not to pay off your primary residence
19 November 2012 | 63 replies

This discussion was cropping up in another thread about a different topic, and I wanted to hear more feedback from other members about what they prefer. As a primer, I am going quote @Rich Weese contributed as I find ...