If I were to set up a deal where the seller was going to write a note for 60% of the property and I would need to get financing on the other 40%, how would that go? Does the bank ask me to put a percentage down on the...

So I'm new here and stepping out on a (relatively) small scale.

I've been looking at the distressed properties around me, thinking of my retirement, and basically said, "hey, why not build some sweat equity on one of...

Ok I have acquired over 120 units of rental property and have used the following rules: 1) Purchase properties in areas that have a geographic Impediment to growth. 2) Don't purchase a property that you wouldn't be w...

What are the steps to starting a lease option business? Do you start marketing for buyers first then try to find sellers or vice versa?

If you start looking for sellers, do you need to start a post card mailing progr...

I have several properties that I bought to hold, possibly until death. Several of those were fixers, but I've never attempted a flip before. (When I say "I", I mean my team, which consists of my retired father and law...

Hi everyone! I am new to BigPockets and found this forum while searching for answers to questions I have about purchasing a property I found.

My current house is on the market. While walking the streets, "not stree...

I'll never understand our fake concerns with oil and stupidity not to drill here. There is an article at the end of this post from Geological Assn that seems to be legit. Why are we so stupid?

WHY ARE WE FORC...

I'm curious to know how many of you have noticed that same sort of thing in your area: in mine, there are three kinds of rental-property investors. The ones who read this website compulsively, the ones who have logged...

The building next to the one I own seems to have nobody living in it. Now it has become infested with raccoons and the most massive beehive I've ever seen. This is causing a disturbance to my tennant, as swarms of bee...

Hi from Pennsylvania!
I am looking at a home that is foreclosure and is set to sell at a Sheriff's auction. The title search returned that the property is encumbered at 145K. The owner, who is still on the deed/title...