Hi everyone, my name is Manan and it's a pleasure to finally make an introduction in these forums. Biggerpockets is an amazing place and I feel so lucky for discovering it early on and hope to learn and participate in...

Hello BP,I have been a member and participant here for a little over a year. I find this site to be so complete and informative that I use it exclusively for my education, inspiration, networking and idea creation.I d...

I am looking to get a rental property that cost 150k, putting 25% down. Using a 30 year fixed, I can either pay an interest rate of 4.5%, or I can pay 2 points and get a rate of 3.85%. Is it worth it to pay the points...

I currently have a Checkbook IRA that I invest in Mortgages.

Since I started the process I have had some issues with the company that set up the IRA. They are not the Custodian but only a representative. Once...

Hi, since I live in California, an LLC is not a viable option for me for my out of state rentals (9 of them, mostly B/C). They are all managed by a property manager.  It bothers me however that for my tenants it is so...

What is the best housewarming gift that you bring to your first meeting with a seller?Good morning everyone! In the past few months I've been visiting sellers at their homes to talk to them about their situation and p...

Excited to begin my journey.  Just bought, rehabbed and rented my first property.  Found BP afterwards, reading and listening as much as possible.  
When starting out would it be beneficial to become a real estate ag...

The woman who lived upstairs from me, died in the apartment unexpectedly, and was found 2 days after she died, I was there when they found her and it has been traumatizing, since over the course of her living there we...

I'm just curious if there are any investors here that have their real estate in C Corps? If you do I would love to hear the advantages and disadvantages you feel like you have with the C Corp. I know the LLC is more p...

Hello everyone!I hope you are doing great. I wanted to reach out to the BP community just to quickly introduce myself and tell people the plans I have in mind.My name is Juan Pablo, currently living in New York City b...