I spoke to my very first mortgage broker today (referred by a friend) and as soon as we got on the phone I was immediately bombarded with questions about my situation while any question I had about our relationship wa...

I thought I'd start a thread on trading. If it garners enough interest maybe we can get an off topic trading forum going. I've learned there are not many trading sites out there nearly as fun as biggerpockets.

I bec...

Hi BP Community!One of my SF in the Dayton, OH is reporting bed bugs.  They moved in December 1, 2016 and just reported it to my PM this week.  I know it wasn't infested 6 months ago, and I have always made repairs in...

Hi everyone,I purchased my primary resident in Queens, NY about 5 years ago.  Thanks to crazy NY Real estate market, I have significant amount of equity on my PR which i'm considering tapping into to invest in other r...

Hi Everyone,Trying to create a Multifamily Masterclass to help brokers, investors, newbies break into multifamily investing. I want to structure the class based on five or six most recurring answers. Can you answer th...

Hi all, was wondering if anyone can chime in on some thoughts I have on a nicely rehabbed turnkey opportunity I am considering.

Great suburb neighborhood, strong rental demand, low crime.

Purchase Price: $90k (recen...

I had texted my tenant a week or so ago asking when she was going to be able to pay her April and May rent since shed told me that she would be paying it weeks ago. I got a text from her son on her phone today saying ...

Last summer I decided to take the plunge and buy my first single family home ("SFH") to rent, so my money could start working for me instead of me always working for my money.  I had discovered Bigger Pockets ("BP") e...

I recently purchased a 10 unit apartment building in Long Beach, CA and my strategy is to do a value add. The exterior of the building has a decent amount of cosmetic deferred maintenance (needs landscaping, exterior ...

Obviously a wise person would put away 6 months to 1 year of operating expenses for any property. Assuming that one did this, when following the 50% rule, is the property then labeled "self-sufficient?"

If this is t...