A little background on this one. I have been following Shea on youtube for about a year. He is in Detroit and has seen it all. I find his honest take entertaining and educational. For this video case study - some dude...

Dear BP Community, I am actively looking to purchase both units of a duplex, live in one unit and lease one unit (house hack). I found a property that I’m considering making an offer on, and I’m analyzing different ...

Hey all. I recently heard of someone who has acquired a lot of property recently. Some main st village type property, mixed use with store fronts etc. I heard through the grape fine that he had recently started “scoop...

Hey everyone!My name is Hilary Catton, and if you don't know me, I am the Director of Customer Success for this amazing site you're currently on, BiggerPockets!My goal is to make BiggerPockets even more accessible, ea...

Stupid things Tenant Applicant’s say.

I had renovated a nice 4/3/2 and put it on the market for lease. Here are some of the comments from people who toured the property during the open house or called me from signa...

Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

Hello everyone. I've been a BP member for a few months now, and I've previously been documenting my progress here:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/67333-a-newbies-birddogging-journal

I decided to star...

With an eye to the future, should we really be buying in remote suburbs, or is that like investing in VHS rental shop in a digital age? I’m seeing what looks like a massive urbanization trend.I am a buy and holder. Ot...

I have a strategy I call out of state turnkey residential investing or "OOS TK SFR". We have all our properties in this model and have great experiences for several year now. When I speak to people here on BP, a lot o...

@Brandon Turner and others often talk about making sure you have cash flow AND equity going into every buy-and-hold deal. But are there any circumstances where you'd pay full retail if the cash flow is good enough?The...