Hi BP! Here's my situation: My family has about $250-$300K that we recently acquired through a relative unfortunately passing away. We want to put a good chunk of that to use via real estate investing, so I will be ho...

Inspected one of my rentals recently (flew in from out of state) and hadn’t even got my foot in the door (with my PM at my side) when the tenant begged me to sell the house to him.  He was sincere and forthright.  I d...

All,First, I would like to say I am new to BiggerPockets and I certainly appreciate a community, like this one, that helps and guides like-minded individuals. I am a 28 year old Finance professional living and working...

Hi fellow agents and brokers. Do any of you use Carrot for your Real Estate Agent website? I'd love to get your feedback. Thanks!

Thought of another question.
I've lived in my house for 3 years (California), plan on moving to another house soon and was thinking about renting this one out. If I rent it out longer than 3 years then I have to pay t...

What's Better : Home Stager OR Home Designer?

If my budget is tight on flipping, I'd like to know which way is better to spend money on. I've talked to Home Stager and they said staging is more important I don't need...

I am about to list a property to rent that was built as building with 2 houses (each with 2 bedrooms) connected only at the roof with a drive-through arch below. This "gatehouse" was originally part of a 4-building es...

I helped my parents buy a house few years ago. Everything was going well until my father took ill. Now they can no longer afford the house. I have been paying the mortgage, however for the last 15 months I have been l...

Honolulu recently passed a bill that gives some pretty intimidating enforcement teeth to an existing law, which takes effect Aug. 1st.  The existing law states that STRs are only allowed in Resort zones or if the unit...

Apparently the White House is pushing for national rent control. Landlords with 50 units or more would be limited to a maximum of 5% annual rent increases. The linked "fact sheet" is, well, oddly light on facts. For s...