I just turned 45 in May and finally bought my first rental property this past March 2019. My wife and I started our own vacation rental business . Although this is the slow season in Big Bear Lake Ca, where our STR ...

I am closing on a new duplex in a few weeks. The property has 2 existing tenants that recently extended their leases in July. I want to make the purchase transition easy, seamless and not scary for them. I have two in...

My goal is to buy 10 cash flowing rental properties as quickly and safely as possible. So far I have 4 and I keep 6 months of mortgage payments on hand and have a decent security net in place for maintenance etc. I k...

I recently became a Certified Private Money Broker and my original plan was I thought I would use that business to build my Capital so that I could then become a Real Estate Investor.  As I started out in my Broker bu...

Hey BP People,I am currently screening tenant applications for a vacant rental property of mine and I came across an interesting situation. The applicants are a Hispanic family with 3 young kids; Mother is a housewife...

I was debating this the other day with a friend of mine - why is it that investors seem to really be focusing on finding as many deals as humanly possible? It seems like everywhere I turn folks have the strategy of "a...

Hello all,Right now, I currently have all real estate assets and no money in stocks. I met with a financial advisor yesterday, who is a trusted friend-of-a-friend, and suggests I put a chunk of money into tax savings ...

I don't think I've been this cautious in a long time. I think there are still good opportunities but some markets are just bonkers. I'll caveat this by saying it's not just real estate, all investable asset classes se...

Hey everyone! I am new to bigger pockets and relatively new to real estate investing in general. I have two rentals in the outskirts of Atlanta, GA and I am using a property management to manage these. After joining b...

Hello, and thank you in advance for reading this!  I am a dentist, looking to get into self-storage as an owner/operator.  I own two dental offices, so I have business experience, but no self storage experience.  My g...