I just finished reading Buy and Rent Forclosures byJoseph Neilson.

Mr Neilson advocates stripping houses of central air, garbage disposals and many other amenities in order to eliminate maintenance costs.

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Greetings to All and Happy New Year!

My name is Ralph Naval and I’m new to the REI world but very excited to be joining the BP family. I stumbled onto BiggerPockets as part of my journey to grow my knowledge in this...

I was just wanted to get some ideas from everyone. How do you stay persistent with marketing when you don't have a big budget, right now my budget is about $200 per month, now I know that is not a whole lot of mone...

I own a condo in Silicon Valley worth about $300-325k. I owe $130k on the mortgage. I currently rent it out for $1650/mo and profit $250/mo. I now live in Austin, TX, and need to purchase a primary residence for my wi...

Hello everyone,I am a new investor from Houston. I would like to go to real-estate events, network and learn from experienced investors. I have found two places in Houston that people talk about in general: 1) Realty ...

Hello BP!I came across this site from an article Brandon Turner wrote.  Relating to my age group and generation still paying college debt, building a career, but may or may not have a huge amount of disposal income an...

Hello everyone, My name is Ali, and I'm 19 years old and are looking to seriously invest in real estate. I took a year off after I graduated from high school, but I have a passion for technology and I will be going to...

Do people use a buyer's agent to find REOs? I can see the use of having MLS access for comps, but, since REOs are a #s game, what's the incentive for a buyer's agent to make 30 or 40 offers for you to get a 3% commiss...

I never actually thought I would be the person sitting on the other side of a keyboard typing into a internet forum. I've always taken a reserved stance against the idea of spilling your guts over the internet about b...

Hey guys,

I came across a RE investor here in my small city of 17,000 people. He appeared to be a wholesaler from his website. I goal is to become a wholesaler as well as rehab and ultimately own rental cash flow pr...