A friend of mine has 100k but doesn't know what to do with it. I mentioned becoming using it in real estate but she doesn't have the time to do so as a single mother. How can she become a private lender?

Hoping to tap into some of the insight and wisdom of the community to find possible options for my underperforming property. Before Bigger Pockets, I bought/over paid for a condo in 2009 as a primary residence on an a...

I've been in this business for years and years, hundreds of units and untold thousands of tenants later, someone finally filed a lawsuit against us for their deposit not being returned.The story is the tenant was inhe...

This is my first project that I'm doing on my own - 425sf addition + upgrading existing house. Permits are at the final stage and I need to decide on a contractor. I've checked references and visited their work on oth...

Hello everyone!I am lucky I stumbled on the BP community of like-minded people! Hope to find some bits of advice from giga brains 🧠 :))I am a 23yo newbie to RE. Last winter I came to a realization that all the gains, ...

Hey Everyone, I hope i put this in the correct category. 
I generally do not do yearly rent increases on my properties if the tenant is clean, pays on time, and is overall a good tenant. I might raise 2% every 2-3 ye...

Do you think it will be a Recession 2020?

Hi all, I'm a newbie real estate investor. I just graduated about a year and a half from Cal and have been working since graduation. I've been saving hard for a down payment and now I think I might've stumbled across ...

I ran across this article this morning on Business Insider.  It is painted with broad strokes, but it still has some data that could be troubling or encouraging depending on which side of the fence you sit.  I just wa...