I'm planning on another STR, but this one has a rather large pool, where many STRs in town have a small plunge pool. In SW Florida our season is typically January-April. A pool heater will definitely make the STR much...

The mortgage on my personal residence was just sold by GMAC to Ocwen. I'm pretty nervous because there's tons of horror stories on the web about Ocwen (saying the payment wasn't sent in when it was, and many other mis...

I have been seeing this a lot lately: people who hold on to underperforming properties because they add to their door count or to their self-worth as real estate investors. If you don't like buying hoarders' houses, d...

10/23/12 UPDATE: The Influence System Has been Removed from BiggerPockets.

INFLUENCE & VOTING

We've established...

I invest in foreclosures in the Monterey Bay region. I have been doing this for 2 years and have had 7 profitable deals.
This is a short tutorial of the process. By the end of this post you'll have...

Just came across a late night call with one of my tenants. His family has been living there over a year and I would consider them good tenants. They warned me before that the front tenants dogs (pitbulls) are sometime...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/rent-to-own-homes-make...Buy a property and do a lease purchase.  Simple.

I have always been a contrarian (not a speller)but the danger is to take a position too early.

While my Texas friends are raking in the money in their market they are taking that market out of my reach

Just as in...

Hi all,

I’m interested in purchasing my first property by way of house hacking a multifamily property. I’m pre-qualified for a mortgage. My question is should I pay down debt (student loan, car) before investing or j...