Hello all!I am looking to try and buy my first REI property this year. I live in San Jose, California and I would prefer to invest somewhere that is within driving distance (at least for my first few properties). Howe...

We have one property now and closing on a duplex next week. So far we have done everything old school—hand delivered leases, we pick up the rent, we keep spreadsheets for everything, etc. What do I need to focus on fi...

I am a first time home buyer trying to start my real estate portfolio. My goal this year is to buy a rental property that I can lease as soon as I close or after some minor repairs. I am open to single family homes an...

Greetings BiggerPockets Community. My name is Ryan Smith and my wife, Melanie and I relocated back toSan Diego from Denver, Co in June 2016. After living a few cities, we realized San Diego was the best fit for us be...

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My name is Brandon Koehler and want to start off by saying how much I enjoy not only the information and connections that BiggerPockets provides, but also the stories of success that people are able to accom...

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I am thinking of "house hacking" a 2 or 3 family in the New York/Northern New Jersey area by living in one unit, but the numbers don't work in general for positive cash flow unless it's an area where...

Hi! I feel like this should go in the success stories because after dragging my feet for *months* and being interested for years, I finally sent out my first direct mail campaign last week!Between yesterday and today ...

I’m currently 19 living in Denver with my parents. I have a job making ~ 90k and I plan on moving to Texas sometime in the near future. I found an opportunity to purchase a property that would cash flow approximately ...

Current tenants rent our property (detached town home, 4b2b) for one year and want to extend leasing agreement recently. I connected my previous neighbors on how the tenants are behaving in the past year, and heard th...

Hi All,I'm looking to brainstorm with the BP community on something I experienced this past year on the real estate brokerage side of my real estate obsession. The situation: I represented a client who was selling a h...