![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/728092/small_1694998452-avatar-realestated1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I remember watching Real Estate in the very heart of the city take a barelly notigable dent in 2008, it seemed as if it just leveled off for a year or so then gained insanely steadily year by year soon after. Not so t...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1653444/small_1621514504-avatar-richards472.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I’m preparing to purchase my first home hopefully this year. I plan to purchase a single family home in Raleigh, NC, with renting out the other rooms to long time friends. I just want to know what to prepare for upfro...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/319874/small_1621443957-avatar-acmaxx.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Has anyone ever had a property manager accept a percentage of the NET vs. the gross? In that way, they are encouraged to keep expenses under control...something they usually have a problem with. (My current manager is...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/3121207/small_1726686149-avatar-josephr632.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello to all!I am new here. Just starting out and looking to learn as much as I can while still working a 9-5. Getting into REI as a way to leave the rat race and live a more family and friend filled life. Please fill...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/259848/small_1621436959-avatar-alexm3.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Good AfternoonA friend of ours owns a note on a property which is going to foreclosure soon in the City of Alexandria, VA. We are locals an know this area to be super hot, but our friend is wondering if the Foreclosur...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/208451/small_1621433306-avatar-scholle2.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have a few rental properties as of now and I am looking to purchase another one in the near future. However since I became a member of BP I have read a lot about the 2% rule and out of my 5 rentals, not one of them...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/4738/small_1621347135-avatar-barnardinc.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
The markets are constantly changing and vary in different parts of the country and in different parts of each state for that matter. I currently am focused on REO investing, mostly in CA, and would like to start a dis...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1586946/small_1621513937-avatar-josephb459.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Afternoon all - Does anyone know of any services to help find off market deals? I am sure there must be something out there and wasn't sure if Biggerpockets had something or if folks on here have had good experience...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/115950/small_1621417624-avatar-mcp2re.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
A friend at my "day job" asked me a question this week regarding cashing in his 401k to fund purchasing more rental properties, when he learned that I was in the rental property business. He's a mid-forties corporate...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/898186/small_1621505205-avatar-babek.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
As our stock market begins to recover, Covid-19 cases seem to be "slowing" down, and the economy seems to be through the worst of this pandemic, I am far from convinced this is even close to over. It seems we are seei...