I will start with two simple questions:

Are we at war?

Is President Obama the Commander in Chief?

So I've known for years that I have wanted to get into real estate and then more I've been reading, listening to podcasts and being active on the forums have really opened my eyes to the power of REI and how it can gr...

Hello everyone, uber noob here...  Thanks for all your insight and support!
I purchased my primary residence, a two-building duplex close to the beach in San Diego.  It's been a great buy so far, bought it from a fli...

Hi All, 
New to BiggerPockets and hope to to learn a lot from the community. I am currently in the bay area with a couple LTR here but am looking to venture out of state where there are better cap rates, appreciation...

I'm sure this question has been asked many times on the forums, but I'm curious what market people think is the best market to build and buy and hold portfolio in?As a bit of background on myself, I am from long islan...

Hi bp, I'm super excited to mention my results for the first week of my mailing campaign. I started off just with 217 yellow letters from yellow letters.com and received a 5% call back rate (11 calls) in the first wee...

Hello.I recently purchased a multifamily property in upstate NY.I hired a contractor to renovate a part of the property, we signed a contract and i did my part in paying him on time. The process of working with this c...

One of the biggest obstacle in this field has to be the lack of professionalism and work ethics from contractors. I feel that we constantly have to baby sit them and tell them how to do their job the right way, and on...

I work with several Investors who are out of state and out of country. I just wanted some insight from other investors as to how they choose the areas outside of their own.
How far out do you go from your current are...

this was a probate sale. it came on the market for 39.9k. not sure how long it was on the MLS for, but i offered 40k. was shocked to hear that they took my offer.just closed on it a few hrs ago. i got $500 back becaus...