After 12 years working as an employee I finally pulled the plug on my W2 engineering job!Although it took a decade, Passive real estate investing gave me the security to leave a steady pay check behind. As I transitio...

Often when I’m checking references on a prospective tenant the old landlord is very tight lipped about giving any information stating legal reasons. I seem to get “I can only tell you whether or not I would rent ...

My partner and I own and manage 170 units. 70 apartments and 100 houses. We have always self managed due to the lack of quality management in our market. We have an office with additional warehouse space, a secretary,...

I found the house on my local court records website, it was in probate and after further research I cold called the 72 year old brother in Texas. I asked him if he wanted to sell and he said that one other person had ...

Hi BP,I'm in a bit of a pickle and this opened up another question:When you hire a GC and their subcontractor does work wrong or does not complete the contract, does your GC require you to pay for the wrong work? What...

My business partner is on pace to manage 100+ units at some point next year. We are brainstorming our options.. whether to outsource the management.. whether to keep in house and develop good systems. Any thoughts on ...

Hi my name is Juan Padilla and I am a new PRO member to Biggerpockets.  This site is amazing and I look forward to expanding my knowledge through the material and resources available on BP.I am looking to build an REI...

Hi Folks, Tersely: how I and 4 other GaREIA (http://gareia.org) members bought a $1.1M mobile home park 2 weeks ago I'm wanting to share in as few as steps as possible on how anyone of you...

Hello- I have the opportunity to make an offer on an off market 10 unit deal in, Wildwood, FL.  Would appreciate any advice on the numbers as well as those familiar with the area.Its a c/d area income wise (to the wes...

I am a bartender/waiter in the Seattle area, thanks to bigger pockets I am able to do a house hack and get the majority of my expenses paid for.The pandemic has shown me that my profession is probably gonn be on somew...