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What is the best way for someone who is currently working a full-time, 9-6 job to begin working part time as an agent, with the hopes of building a book of business over time to transition to a full-time career as a R...
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I have some money to invest but just recently started thinking of being the "bank" instead. I've never looked into it so I don't know much about it from the lender's pov.All I know is I am interested in doing short te...
Hello everyone,I am new to real estate investment and live in the northeastern United States (New York). Property prices are very high in this region, and it seems unlikely that rental properties will generate positiv...
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So, I was doing some research after reading the most recent thread on this topic, and I'm wondering if this is accurate. Based on my new understanding, a tenant claiming to have a service animal can only be asked two...
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In the screening process of prospective tenants and iv come across a family who has low credit scores but make above 3xs rental income. Previous landlords have all come back and said they have never missed any payment...
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Hi everyone! I'm new to bigger pockets but I'm not new to real estate investing. For the past 4 years I've been focused full-time on the niche of pre-existing non-conforming land parcels and/or land that is consider...
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#askBPI have $30k saved and ready to use. Is there an advantage to using this to pay down my current (primary) mortgage and then getting an equity line of credit, or should I use this strictly as investment capital? ...
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For years now, we have all known that a good portion of the traditional real estate agents job is unnecessary. This is a heated topic for a lot of people particularly if you are an agent. The best argument for the t...
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I always hear this figure and wonder to myself how come? Is it because people are scared or is it because the people who are trying to get into investing have a hard time figuring out what information is correct and w...