Hello Everyone!We are looking to buy our first property within the next 4-6 months. Our plan is to use the VA loan ($80-100k) for our primary residence (looking for a SFH or duplex) and to also use a 30 year conventio...

If you had reasonably good access to capital and a very talented construction/maintenance team at your disposal with excess time on their hands, would it make sense to start flipping houses?  How would you approach it...

I may be a little impatient but after hearing nothing from 70 probate direct mailers, I am wondering if anyone else uses a different method to market to probate.  I am working with an experienced direct mail company a...

I haven't gone to a bank yet, but am wondering for those warriors out there in the market buying flips, how little are you putting down with traditional loans? How loose are the restrictions these days since the ...

Do you keep a reserve? If so, how big is it? How did you decide on that number?

Hello Bigger PocketsI keep hearing about hard money lenders and they all seem to have loans available for new investors at least that is what they represent on their websites, but is that just a marketing trick? I hav...

Do you require renters insurance, and why or why not?

Where do I start? Just buy something and work through it?New guy here on the NW side of the Twin Cities (Albertville Area). I have about $1000/$1500 a month disposable income and need to do something productive with m...

Hi BP. Am looking for good licensed and insured contractors in Bakersfield,Ca. To meet and greet and discuss future rehabbing. Any recommendations?

I am an investor and in the middle of processing my 1st short sale.

Home is worth $100,000 ($90,000 for a quick sale). I have a contract offer for $50,000. Some work will need to be done on the house. I helped the h...