Hello everyone,  First time post here, I have been interested in making the jump to purchase my first rental property now for awhile. Its a scary choice but I think if I start off with something on the lower price sca...

Hello Everyone!I was looking through LoopNet.com for a multi-unit property, but like most listings online, it does not give all the figures for me to put in the BP rental property calculator.I was wondering how you gu...

Hello everyone, I am a new member to BiggerPockets (not sure how that happened, should have been here years ago!). I am 23 years old based out of Miami, FL.  and have been a realtor since I was 19. I did not begin to ...

How do I identify War-zones and pick solid dependable target markets for investing?

I live on the southside of Chicago, so if you know anything about Chicago you know there is atleast 200 unique neighborhoods each h...

BP friends,I am moving to Colorado Springs next summer.  In following my plan to invest in diversified, military-linked economies, I plan to buy, not rent.  However, I need to balance my investment orientation with th...

Hello Bigger Pockets! My name is Kai Hicks, I'm currently a resident of Seattle, WA, and I confess to being a lazy, no-posting lurker for a couple months. I think I started with the podcast after googling "best real e...

Hello BP community, thank you in advance for reading this post  and thank you for all of the  excellent tips and advice that I have received thus far by reading all of the post here on BiggerPockets!  My question is a...

HI All,I just joined BP recently. This is a very resourceful site. Tons of information and I am hooked onto it. I try to read up all forums and marketplace posts in any spare time. I've been listening to lot of the po...

Calling all investors who have had success using Airbnb on their properties!!

What are the best tips that you can provide?
What are the biggest pitfalls and things to avoid?
Do you have any checklist or Airbnb hac...

I am looking at an elementary school that has been abandoned. I am thinking I can turn classrooms into several small pods or rooms like a hostel. put in a pool and some nice common areas to make it kind of a pod resor...