Hello everyone,My wife and I - who are landlords in Tulsa - have accepted a position in Dallas (office at intersection of Dallas North Tollway and Northwest Highway) and are now actively seeking a great house (not tow...

Just what the Phoenix market needs - another investor! Actually, I'm going to start as many before me have, with wholesaling. I've been reading the books, listening to the podcasts, reading the BP forums (what an amaz...

I have heard some of the advantages to getting a license (e.g. access to MLS, saving on commission costs, access to viewing more properties, etc.) but I was curious: as an investor, what are some of the disadvantages ...

I am closing escrow next week on the sale of a rental property that I have owned for several years: can I avoid capital gains by reinvesting locally (Ca.) or did I blow it by not going 1031?

Hello,I am an engineer in the Houston area that is learning about real estate investing.  I have always like the idea of investing and it was part of my 10 year plan out of college. Well the 10 years are almost up and...

Hello everyone, I am very excited to have finally joined BP, yeah! I moved to Indy the end of September and I must say, I'm absolutely thrilled to be back in the States after living abroad for almost a decade. I am cu...

Has anyone here ever had a rental property financed by private funds through a retired persons IRA, 401k, etc?  I have a neighbor who is recently retired and was complaining to me about how his returns this year were ...

I am new to this site and have been listening to the podcasts for a few weeks and love them!I am living in Fairfield County in Connecticut and will perhaps move out of state in about a year. I am brand new to real est...

Hi, everyone!  I'm impressed by BiggerPockets and can thank you for saving me tens of thousands of dollars on supposed RE Investing gurus.I'm not big on social media (one of about three on the planet without a Faceboo...

Hi all!My name is Brandon Hood, and I my real estate background when in 2005 when my parents joined the industry as Realtors, and I heard allllll about it.  Fast forward 10 years, a housing bubble burst (my parents ar...