I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...

This is an interesting story for home owners in Florida. I just went through 2 weeks of hell but I finally won.I met a young couple who were unemployed and had no where to live. I allowed them stay in my house providi...

My rental property goal was 16 properties. And now I'm under contract on rental #16!It's a 3 bedroom, 1 bath property with a 2.5 car garage and partially fenced in yard located just 7 houses down from a rental I alrea...

Good day everyone, I hope you had a wonderful weekend.A thought has been running through my mind lately as I have been trying to digest as much information as I can find regarding the due diligence process for commerc...

As RE developers we all know how important it is to hire good, reliable residential contractors. Because we are dependant, for the most part, on word of mouth recommendations it is vital that our recommendations are ...

My wife and I are currently in the process of creating a trust which will hold all of our long term rentals. I am also looking to sell one of my out of state properties. I contacted my exchange company to set up my 10...

My area of interest is 2-3 hrs away..would like to make offers based on internet info and the realtor..and then if accepted, i will go see it. otherwise , i can only see a few each month.anyone ever used this strategy...

Hello I'm in the process of buying my first property. I don't have anyone in my family or friends that's owned real estate so it's hard to find someone to lead me in the right direction.

Property is a fourplex in a m...

Greetings BP,I'm not giving any advice here, legal or otherwise, just sharing a reminder / FYI as October 3rd rapidly approaches, which is when the new TILA-RESPA amendments goes into effect. I've included a few links...

Hello everyone!I've been listening to bigger pockets for almost two years now and should have enrolled a long time ago but I've been scared I don't even know why.I've been on a reading overdose for the past two years ...