Ty Rob
Bank unable to sell REO property, what's next?
I've run into an interesting situation in trying to buy an REO property and wanted feedback to see if anyone has experienced something similar, knows what happens next, or can offer any kind of guidance on how to land...
Chris M.
Newbie Question: Property Management: Why Not Always Use It?
Hey guys, I'm spending these last couple of months of 2016 to really dive deep into my real estate education, but in 2017 I'm taking action. I like the idea of passive income from rental properties, but I hate the ide...
Shawn Finley
Introduction & my game plan
Hello! I am new here and sort of stumbled upon the site while trying to answer some specific questions and brainstorm my way (somewhat blindly) into my goals, and I see now theres so much more info here that I'm going...
Lauren Hogan
Why Do You Invest in Texas? Specifically in McAllen or Houston?
BiggerPockets! I work at BP and I'm working on building a landing page for Texas and the cities of McAllen and Houston. Would anyone be willing to share why you choose to invest in the city or the state in general? Wh...
Mitchell Rubinstein
New Investor from Glendale, CA
I'm a 52 year old new investor (I guess better late than never). I am leaning towards investing in out-of-state rental properties (either SFH or small multi-family to start) to create some passive income that I can co...
Idris Haroon
HELP!!! My financial advisor said I'm over leveraged
So I just got off the phone with my financial advisor and he said I'm doing well but he's concerned I'm over leveraged on real estate. He's concerned that if we experience another recession that I will be stuck holdin...
Art Maydan
Avoiding Section 8
I bought a duplex that I want to house hack. We just listed the downstairs unit and I’m getting a lot of people asking if we work with Section 8. Can I legally tell them “No” because of the ‘Choose your neighbor” laws...
Scott Trench
Poll: Landlords - Were You Working Full-Time When you Started?
Landlords - Help the new folks out and let them know what you were doing with you bought your first property! Can you get started in real estate investing while working a full-time job? Click Here to Take the Poll!Cli...
Chris Martin
Money360 may revolutionize "hard money" lending
On this other BP topic we discussed various ways an individual invest in real estate PASSIVELY, with minimal risk, and get 5-15% ROI. A post by Dionte G. came up (see the bottom of this post) that I think needed to be...
Jack Ni
Can you take a pet deposit for service dog?
Hi, I got a potential tenant that has a service dog. I check tenant Facebook page, her dog is a pit bull. Is it legal in all 50 states to take a pet deposit for a service dog? I usually only take $50 for pet deposit (...