Hello everyone my name is Alex. High school graduate out of Lower Merion (suburban Philadelphia area). Unlike the majority of my fellow classmates I chose the route of not going on to college. I ventured into a few...

Insurance: what’s your “it saved me” success story?We’ve all heard the horror stories and know the illogical thinking behind not having property insurance.However; In reviewing all of our property insurance with my EX...

Hi, I would like to ask if a real estate broker is obligated to give a value to the seller when the broker is the buyer and the seller did not ask the value.  In other words,  if a seller calls a broker and says he wi...

My wife and I are currently considering two different strategies and would like to get some insight from people who have experience. Neither of us have ever purchase real estate.1. We have enough to make a small down ...

I have a rental I bough in the 90s. My first. Stable neighborhood at the time, but not anymore. We pulled money out during the boom years and the area is now severely depressed. (South end of Toledo, oh - 43609). I’m ...

Hey guys, I have a sad situation that I am going to be involved in soon. I am closing on an 11 unit building and two or three of the tenants have been living at their apartments for 15+ years and only paying $300/mont...

I am securing an off market deal in Anne Arundel County Maryland. Because it's my first deal, I think my lender is charging me high fees for settlement purposes. For example, appraisal fee is $650 and when I questione...

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I am no stranger to BiggerPockets, however I am a new member. I've been trolling the internet for a year or so now, studying real estate from most angles. I've dug into flipping, wholesaling, renting ...

Out of the three main ways to invest ( wholesaling, flipping, and buy-and-hold)  it seems obvious to me that flipping is by far the most risky strategy.  This not only comes from personal experience but from commonsen...

My property in MD is turning over to a new tenant. My PM sent me a quote that gave me a small heart attack. Upon further inspection, I quickly recognized that the times they were allocating for various tasks were gros...