So I'm at a transition period in my life where I am wanting to dive into real estate and build up passive income but I am also in search for a new place to live (moving for work, currently renting). Naturally I am lea...

When it comes to financing investment real estate, a major component is lender options and my best suggestion is research and education. 
I entered the mortgage business in 2004, and almost twenty years to the month,...

Hi, just stumbled upon biggerpockets on spotify today as I'm getting pretty desperate considering it's the last day I can pull out of an agreement at no forfeiture of my EMD. Five days ago I signed with a new construc...

Hello,
I am ready to buy my first rental property but when i tried applying for a loan they said i wouldnt qualify due to being a 1099 contractor for only a year(I was w2 for the 6years before i started my own ventur...

I've been working on this deal since Jan. The seller is a tired landlord. Here are the details: 4 units The property is valued at $150k (I got a brokers priced opinion)The seller owes $102,000 and wants $10,000 to wal...

I currently have a rental property that is, on average, giving me zero cash flow (up until my recent rent increase, I was paying about $100-200 out of pocket per month).Before I get beat up on that... I got divorced 4...

I have been using the term “24 month flip” for so long now, I believe I have coined the phrase. In fact, for the purposes of this post I’m more than happy to take ownership of it, because this is an investment strate...

Hey All,I live in a very small midwest town. I am going to start making a lot of low ball offers in my town for buy and hold rentals that meet my cap rate goals. Should I be worried about getting a reputation around t...

Hi everyone, I have another thread going with more detail (probably too much detail) but I have the pressing question of “What should I offer?” that I wanted to ask outside of that thread.

So here are some copy/past...

Hi all,

First time poster and seriously thinking into dipping in real estate investing.

Some background:
My wife and I (her 26 years old, me 30 years old) are Canadians currently working in Dubai. After 1 year of wo...