Last year I was in Miami on holiday and thought I might try my hand at real estate.

I'm Australian and I heard other people from Australia and Canada doing well in US property.

I bought a duplex in N...

First post guys!  My question has to do with higher risk renters.  I recently purchased and improved a property, and listed it for rent.  The response has been very good, with several interested renters.  The problem ...

We're looking to buy our first mobile home park and need help.  All homes are owned by tenants.  Homes are older but we don't know the age of the homes It is on septic and wells.  The seller is asking $850k.  What is ...

Can someone give me a definitive answer on the 50% rule? I understand the concept, that your expenses should only equal 50% of your gross rent in order to get positive cashflow. But which expenses are included in th...

Hello everyone I perused the BP community in the forums section to determine if gold as hard assets (with the ability for liquidation) would have application as collateral for doing a real estate deal. I am a collecto...

Hey fellow Columbus property owner/managers,I'm hoping someone can offer a solution to our issue. We're still relatively new (2.5 years, and it's part-time) to managing a residential property, so I am thinking "there ...

I am just starting to make offers and noticing that the list price is consistently around 30% more then the price that makes sense that works with the rental calculator. Should I make many offers and try to see if I c...

Well its been 12 years since my last post, lol. Love seeing how BiggerPockets has evolved for the better and enjoy reading the threads. I already have a full-time job and ltr and str rental properties and wondering if...

Hey Bigger Pockets!Its getting busy here in Seattle for me and I would like to post more than I do.  In the mean time, I thought I'd write up this property that we just sold because of the challenges involved and desc...

My tenants of 3 years will be moving and I will be going through the application process again.  I was thinking that I would begin to process the basics of the applications first : verifying employment, income and pre...