I need advice!! On Aug 3, I removed all contingencies because my loan officer said that everything checked out on the appraisal he received from the VA. He wasn't allowed to show the appraisal until the VA "cleared" i...

Well, well, well... whaddaya know... my sweet little hometown of Stockton, California has some big things planned for 2018:https://cvbj.biz/2017/12/04/stockton-lodi-ranks-no-4-top-market-list-2018/https://research.rea...

One of my goals over the past 6 years has been to produce a real estate investing conference unlike any we've seen before. I believe that BiggerPockets is in a unique position to create a conference that changes the ...

Aloha everyone! I'm new to BP. I have been working as a Registered Nurse for 5 years at a hospital and my wife is a social worker for an insurance company who works mostly from home. If there is one thing I realized s...

I frequently hear/read that large multifamily properties (i.e., apartment complexes) produce better returns than SFH or small multifamily (2-4 units) properties. I just can’t see it in the numbers, as I can figure the...

In the today's real estate markets, investors are finding an abundance of distressed inventory and in some cases for prices that are 10% of the "replacement" cost of the property.After quickly glancing at the rents on...

The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...

Hi Everyone!We took possession of our first rental on July 15th and we are self-managing it.  We've prepared a pre-screening questionnaire with guidance from Heather & Brandon Turner's Managing Rental Properties b...