I recently bought a foreclosure house. It is on a narrow lot with a garage on it. While the house was vacant the neighbor came and dug up the leach fields for the house I just bought. He told me it was to detour peopl...

How is everyone utilizing a VA for lead generation? I have thought of having a VA do a few hours of possible cold calling a week. Any thoughts or suggestions on using a VA to help pull some leads?

Hey BP Community,I'm dipping my toes in the apartment water so to speak, and someone brought this deal my way.Here are the numbers:$1.2 million purchaseCurrent occupancy: 58%Units: 64Average Rent Per Unit: $550 (conse...

I understand the "I'm not an attorney" caveat, but I'm going to be purchasing my first REO to fix and flip with a group of trusted guys. My question is thus: I have numerous contacts with local banks, never discussed ...

Hi Bigger Pockets Family,I am a long time listener, fresh graduate, and a renter for ~2 years now. I am ready to finally become a homeowner; living rent free via house hack. I am very excited this has been a long time...

Hi!  My primary home is worth about $2M and paid off.  I would like to draw $1-1.5M from it to buy a multifamily property with a 1st lien HELOC.  The problem is that my income doesn't support a loan of that size and I...

My mom recently was discussing her retirement with me and it dawned on me how much the baby boom generation will impact the commercial real estate investment market. I was a partner for 8 years at a national firm bro...

I have been looking at the pros and cons of investing in RE versus placing money into the stock market (example JNJ) and enjoying the dividend and appreciation of that stock. Clearly there are risks in both approa...

I am an insurance agent in Alabama and have recently been introduced to REI by a client.  I insure about 60 single family dwellings for a guy in town and have been picking his brain each time I've met with him over th...

I am working with a seller with my first FSBO and I want to learn how to pitch a solid set of options to him so I can get control of the property.  Seller is asking $125,000, rents for $1400.  Seller offers seller fin...