Hello everyone, First post. My wife and I are looking to move into a bigger home over the next year or so and I need some advice on whether or not to sell or rent out our current home. I've read the book on Rental Pro...

First off, my name is Joe DeFarias and I am pleased to meet all of you savvy real estate investors. From the many emails sent from Brandon Turner, I've finally started my first discussion on BiggerPockets and I am thr...

Hi all! Lately I've been contemplating this question and finally figured I should toss it out to the BP community. I'm curious how everyone decides how much of their money allocated for "investing" is put toward real ...

How exciting, BP is coming up to 1,000,000 POSTS! What a fete for @Joshua Dorkin next to him, who has been here the longest? @Jon Holdman ? I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS to all of you that stuck it out in the ear...

A seller is offering to give me a house if I buy two of his other properties. The house he is offering to give me has asbestos siding. It is a large sturdy house and is about 1800 sq. Has anyone had any experience wit...

Looking for advice on how to select/choose a QI during a 1031 exchange? For those of you that have successfully completed a 1031, did you use a 1031 company or did you work directly with a QI or did you work with bank...

I'm interested in seeing what others are up to in terms of volume. How many deals do you do per year, and what methods do you use? It does not matter if your buy and holding, flipping, or wholesaling.I'm doing around ...

Hello! My property manager is telling me I need to upgrade the electrical panel on one of my units from 100 to 200 amps - the cost will be around $4k. For reference, the unit is a 2/1 and around 1000 sq ft. It is half...

[Note: I initially posted this topic with a poorly worded title - thanks to autocompletion on my phone - here. I am reposting with a new title and have cleaned-up the narrative].

I've been ap...

Im sure, like me, you have quotes posted around your work area or in your notepad. What are they? I have several:

"Someday is Today"
"You are your own limitations, you are your own success"
"Whether you think you c...