I think this a good time to reflect as 3 years ago this month (August 2011), I purchased my first rental.  It was an out of state duplex, in a not so nice section of Rochester NY.At the time, the rental was 1 of 4 pro...

Hello BP,I'm very interested in staging costs here in the DFW areas due to the hot market right now. I would like to know what I should expect to pay for staging in areas such as: Denton, Plano, Little Elm, Lake Dalla...

The world will end as we own it.

Thousands of property managers place here by ancient aliens will surface from the bowels of the earth. They will infiltrate and already incompetent property manager base to further s...

Hi All! 
I'm curious to know people's opinion on this situation. I just closed on a duplex ($166,500) in ohio that rents for $1960 (section 8). I have a 30 year fixed mortgage at 4.87% , loan balance $125,000. I'm re...

Thanks for helping. I started a marketing campaign this week, I posted details on the campaign in an earlier post.Through my marketing campaign I uncovered a seller who is slightly motivated. He mentioned he might be ...

Usually if I go to 'My Posts' in the Profile Section, I can see all the posts I've done.However, now when I go, I can only see the most recent ones.Where have they gone? How can I access them?

Hello all,I am very excited to finally be starting an account here on bigger pockets. I was recommended the podcast and have been listening non-stop. I am now making my profile here on BP!I am a project manager for a ...

Hello BP Family! Thanks for taking a look at my elaborate thread scheme here! For some background you can start at PT1/5: Capital Acquisition and get some details.  In short i'm trying to get some feed back on a new b...

Hi All,This is our only rental property.  We have a tenant whose lease ends August 31st.  It is an annual lease and requires 60 days notice by the tenant if they aren't going to renew.  I reached out to them on July 3...

Hello bigger pockets buddies. I'm currently reading "The book on negotiating real estate" by J scott, Mark Ferguson and Carol scott. I had a question about the assignment contract (the contract with wholsaler and sell...