Hey everyone! I've posted a couple times here and lurked a lot more over the years and now that I've made the jump from potential real estate investor to actual real estate investor, I wanted to contribute some storie...

Hi Biggerpockets, 
I recently had a tenant that caused a fire by knowingly leaving their apartment while she had items on the stove with the burners on. While they was gone, one of the items they had on the stove cau...

Just for discussion purposes.I picked this pic off the internet.It looks like a lot of "Hoarder Houses" decor style.Busy carpet, busy furniture, paneling, faux rocks on the walls, flat paint.I can smell the cigarette ...

In March a deal was presented to me by a broker.  If I were to accept the terms, and the deal closed, a commission was owed by me of 1.7% of the sale price.   This deal didn't make it.  6.5  months later I  get into c...

Hello all,I've been looking for window contractors in zipcode 48235 for a big project to prepare my home for city inspection. Basically, I just need to replace 5 double-hung windows. I have a property manager on the g...

Hi!  My name is Trevis.  I am a disabled veteran looking to jump on the landlording bandwagon!  What I mean by that is, I want to invest in rental properties to create positive cashflows.  I would like to start out wi...

Hey Guys - I'm a newbie and decided to try auction.com. Thought I'd share my experience. I bid on a few properties and ended up with the highest bid on a 3/1 SFH in a suburb of Chicago. I am not sure if there was s...

Hey y'all. I'm a new investor and I'm considering using the BRRRR strategy but renting short term instead of long. I travel nine months out of the year and I've had a lot of success renting my own home through AirBnB ...

Hello fellow BP members. Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend.I am from Los Angeles but I target homes in Wisconsin. Currently I am in the process of rehabbing my first BRRRR, but I’ve ran into an issue. My con...

Hey everyone - posting in the LA County forum since it seems to encompass both LBC and Pasadena/Altadena (Eastside LA.) Hoping to get some insight:This will be our first purchase, we're set on house hacking via duplex...