So I bought my first buy and hold for 5K. Repairs needed.. if I do it cleverly, about 10K.the rent there is 900- 1200 per month.But of course there is also a bad.It is in a not-so-good area and the house needs work. B...

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As a turnkey real estate investor and owner of a property management company, I witness a persistent misunderstanding around turnkey investments. Many investors attempt to handle ev...

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This is my first post on BiggerPockets; which might lead one to think I lack the motivation to be a better businessman.  I swear to you that's not the case.  Although I might be the last person to a...

Any basketball fans out there? What are your thoughts about the playoffs so far?

My Knicks got eviscerated, the Lakers are a complete surprise (because they have sucked), and San Antonio looked like a bunch of geria...

Wow did I make a huge mess of things and need some advice.Had a new tenant, filled out the application, paid the application fee passed the background check and everything was fine.  Then went into the lease signing a...

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I've been very interested i...

I have a different thread about whether or not Realtors are worth their commission anymore and TWICE during the discourse agents compared themselves to doctors. I have also seen this posted on various other threads o...

We've noticed a significant uptick in investigations, particularly in the Cincinnati area, by investigators for the Ohio Division of Real Estate. The division employs 12 total investigators and a number of supervi...

I attended a REIA meeting in the area I'm looking to invest in and one landlord stated "any vacant house in this area will have it's copper piping stolen. Groups mark their territory by leaving a brick in the middle ...