For anyone looking to buy their first piece of real estate, STOP (unless it is a four-plex with an FHA loan). I did this 2 years ago and it was the best financial move I have ever made. If you start buying other prope...

What does the BP community think about 1st lien HELOCs as a way to free up equity in your primary home for investment purposes? If anyone has gone through the process, can you give any advice as to whether you recomme...

Name something you've learned from someone on BiggerPockets (podcast, forums, blog, whatever) and tag the person from whom you learned it. Name as many people as you want, but please limit your posts to one-person...

The reason for this post is because I often read other investors post about looking for a property in an area where they have good schools. We did that. We bought a home in Burbank, California, a very expensive suburb...

I was shocked, when I read a statistics about the level of success in the real estate investment industry. According to the information I read, only 5% of would be investors actually buy something. Does that mean, 95%...

I'm shopping the market for my first duplex to house-hack, it's my first time buying a property, period. I plan to use a FHA loan and put down somewhere from 6-8%. I'm finding it very difficult to find deals that will...

I'm working on a potential article about this...So, it's rare that two romantic partners discover the awesomeness of real estate at the exact same time. So, if you discovered real estate first, how did you convince yo...