My wife and I are considering purchasing our first 6 unit apartment building.  The numbers are looking good so far but our only question is that 3 of the 6 units are rented to Section 8 recipients.  We have never had ...

Hello BP - Anybody know where i can find the answer or have the answer? Property is located in Maple Valley, WA. Appreciate sharing your experience. 

I property manage (unlicensed) a duplex for a friend who was stationed overseas. I manage my own duplex so I have some experience. Anyways. He refuses to do any repairs in one of the units whose tenant is complaining ...

Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property.  A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago.  I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...

So prior to discovering BP I signed up for this 3 Day seminar in Knoxville TN that is this weekend. I've paid for it and figure while I know some of it will be a sales pitch surely I'll pick up on some good knowledge ...

Hi,I'm new to the forum and real estate in general. I'm getting ready to PCS to the Pentagon for two years, and am planning to purchase a home with a VA loan so I can build some equity while I'm there, and then rent i...

I purchased a brick rancher on 2.2 acres in a desirable part of Spokane, WA.  I'm in the process of getting the property subdivided.  It's been surveyed and so I'm about to submit everything to the county.  I had a pr...

So, I've made a video of my last house I checked out, a complete walk through (except exterior, which you'll just have to trust me needs exterior paint and some landscaping that I'll do on my own) and I want to let th...

Hi everyone,

After doing lots of looking around in and around my area, it seems like getting 2%/month for rent is quite ambitious.

As I understand it, the rule/guideline basically suggests that if you spend $100k on...

Do you guys think that uploading a personal profile image (avatar) should be a pre-requisite for participating on the forums, blog system, properties directory, etc. here at BiggerPockets?

Just curious . . . thoughts?