Hey Everyone,I'm starting my first direct mail campaign to hopefully pick up some properties in a small geographic area with about 800 homes. I want to start a monthly campaign on these properties to stay top of mind ...

Hello,  I"m a new landlord--though I have been a business owner (and employer) for many years, so I "get" a lot of things that you all deal with as landlords.    And I really appreciate this site!!  Does anyone have l...

Do you charge application fees? What is your rationale for charging or not?

Anyone using Thumbtack to find contractors for one off projects? If not, how are you finding contractors?

Hi Everyone,My name is Chris. Relatively new to the Chicago area (summer 2016) after moving around a bit. I’m a technical designer in consumer goods. New to Bigger Pockets and real estate as a whole. Long story sho...

Hi everyone!  I'm a new landlord (lady?)...just purchased a duplex and closing on a fourplex on Thursday. My question is, why is the insurance so darn expensive? My agent said they are required to insure properties at...

Hey there,
I just finished reading a book in which the author laid out his average buying, holding, and selling costs for his rehab/flips. He says, on average, his expenses over the years have looked like this:

Buyin...

I live in North Jersey, Bergen County and am looking for some places where I could buy property that'll cash flow.

I wanted to get people's opinions on Jersey City; where do you think the city is heading, the good/ba...

Hey all -
A friend of BiggerPockets, Greg Swann of Bloodhound Realty, recently put together a free e-book on divorcing real estate commissions that I thought you might be interested in.

According to Greg, As long as...

I may be transferring with my job and may need to get rid of my house. It's worth about $160K so that's almost $10K in commissions to a realtor. I'd like to keep all of the equity so I want to sell it myself. The mark...