Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...

working on the latest house (buy and hold) and my main contractor is not living up to my expectations. I have used him before a few times and did not have a problem. In the past, he'd quote something and i had him do ...

Of course, it still has to pass the Senate - and it faces an uphill battle there - but the House of Representatives has voted to abolish Dodd-Frank .What are your thoughts? 

Hey everybody,For the last dozen years I've been working in eCommerce in Los Angeles, but am finally scratching the itch to get into real estate.  I have sold my home and plan to use the profit I made as capital to bu...

Hi All, I have a landlord-renter dispute that I was wanting to run by you all to gather some input before I proceed further.
For some background, I bought a property in a small college town in July 18’ in which I inh...

I am really curious as to what kind of background most people were before they started working.  For example, Were you in a high paying job? or did you owned a business? or were you just a college student like me who ...

Hello BP!  I've been a pro member for about 6 months now and am proud to announce that I have officially closed on my first deal - a duplex!  The gameplan for this thread is to chronicle my progress through the rehab,...

Hello Bigger Pockets! I live in the Bay Area and I'm looking to move out of my parent's place soon. I've saved about 2 years of wages, roughly 120k, and for my first step into real estate investing, I've been thinking...

Hey all,

After thinking it over I decided to create a new thread.
I am a small time passive real estate investor who has ambitions to expand greatly, first to $20M and perhaps maybe more. i guess I will give a lit...

I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing.  However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...