Accounting dummy here.  Not that it's any excuse, but as a young guy with very few expenses I haven't felt the impetus to keep track of my personal finances in any way other than the resources provided through my onli...

I am currently in the process of closing on my first property, a duplex that has both units rented through the End of April.  Working with my lender and looking at my financing options available it appears my best opt...

Hello BiggerPockets,Happy to report that after 8 months of research; three offers rejected and two realtors I finally got an offer accepted. Small multi-family in a nice area. Asking price: 55K, Duplex, built in 1910,...

Hi all, I'm a brand-new member to BP and this is my first post.  I'm just starting to learn about REI and am at the stage where I don't know what I don't know, but have started looking at properties online all the sam...

Do any investors out there follow, know of, or appreciate the money-savvy principles and philosophies of Mr. Money Mustache?  I've been following the posts on his blog for the past year and have learned quite a bit fr...

Hi I'm Mark.

I'm a former real estate appraiser, full time stay-at-home dad while my wife completes a grueling post-graduate training program in Greenville, SC. I consider myself a green, wet-behind-the ears...

Real Estate News in Brief
What a week! We had a huge downward revision to the BLS jobs growth figures, the Fed minutes explicitly said that a rate cut on Sept 18 was likely, and average mortgage rates moved below 6.5...

I'm a newbie with 1031 and with buying out of state. My SFR in San Jose will be closing within 30 days or less. I will have about $1.1M to exchange. I know I need to identify properties within 45 days of close and buy...

Hi all,My name is Mike and I live in the Mayfair area of Chicago.  So I’ve been lurking this site for a few weeks now, drowning myself in content. I have used the search function as much as I can to get answers to my...

Hi all,I'm a software engineer at a fintech company making decent salary. I'm going to have about 300k in liquid savings towards the end of the year. I'm interested in real estate investing but know that things are di...