I am a realtor working in the San Francisco Bay Area and a frequent listener of the Bigger Pockets podcast. A phrase I've heard several times on the podcast as well as in the forums and at meetups is "investor-friendl...

Navigating a Strange and Uncertain Market
We’re rolling into year two of decade three of the new millennium amid some of the strangest circumstances in recent memory. Covid-19 has put governments, societies, and econ...

Hello everyone,I'm a teacher by trade and small time investor in San Francisco. I've been looking for my next deal in the bay area, and while there have been some that might meet the 1% rule at best, I can't get my mi...

Hello everyone,I am exploring to build a vacation / short term rental home in west north carolina ( Beech/Sugar Mountain area). I would like to know thoughts from folks here on building the home. Would also like to kn...

Several people using Evolve Vacation Rental had concerns about how difficult it would be to leave Evolve.  I just made that transition and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was.I can keep all my current bookin...

Hi BP community!My wife and I are purchasing a duplex in Atlanta. One side of the duplex has tenants that might stay after we close, the other side is vacant. We're moving into the vacant side and have two dogs, so we...

I have searched BP forums in a few ways to see what the chatter is about Puerto Rico and the posts that pop up are old. Very surprising. I understand that PR is kind of USA territory but kind of not - which will under...

Hi again, BP! We are launching our first STR in Florida. I have listened to BP for 3 years so I am armed with the minutia of optimization of a rental business itself! However, to my naive surprise, the absolute very b...

I live in a really small area right now, but I'm surrounded by 2 bigger cities which are Milwaukee and Madison. I'm having a really hard time figuring out where to invest! I want to start out flipping. Everything incl...

I am considering building a small "home" (1000-1200sqft) specifically for short term rental in a tourist destination area.  I am aware there are often minimum sqft requirements for a home but will cross that bridge la...