Hi, I am a newbie and this is my first potential deal that I am in. I randomly found a house on realtor.com, sent a request for more info in and a realtor called me, showed me a property in "B" neighborhood; i.e. ni...

After seeing the interest in the DFW BP meetup and noticing many new investors clamoring for a place to meet, I figured it might be worthwhile to post a collective list of the DFW REIAs that I'm familiar with and a li...

I attended a REIA meeting in the area I'm looking to invest in and one landlord stated "any vacant house in this area will have it's copper piping stolen. Groups mark their territory by leaving a brick in the middle ...

Hi BP, I'm a newbie looking to get into buy and hold investing. I downloaded J Scott's SFH analysis spreadsheets from the FilePlace so that I can practice analyzing properties to see if they're potential deals. I'm pi...

Hope everyone's enjoying the holidays!A friend recently introduced me to this management group in Memphis called midsouthhomebuyers. I'm currently on their waiting list and figured I'd poke around in the meantime and ...

In today's labor market, we are all hard pressed to find good, reliable, and affordable contractors to renovate investment property.  I'm certainly not a newbie, but open to ideas on how to handle a delicate/finesse p...

My partner and I are getting started with the arbitrage strategy to build up capital before we start buying property. We know that Airbnb offers insurance coverage, but are wondering if it is necessary or recommended ...

Someone I know (31 y/o) was just turned away from a rental property because she hasn't established enough credit in her adult life.Background: This woman comes from a lot of money. Her father has done very well, and f...

I purchased my first single family rental in Baltimore City and am currently looking to purchase a second one a year and a half later. In my opinion it’s a great market to find cashflowing properties and there are def...

Hi Bigger Pockets! I have actually had a profile on this site for about 6 months now and I have just added a profile picture and created this introduction for myself. I guess I got caught up reading all of the article...