I asked the real estate agent who helped us purchase our home to assist with listing it for sale in the next few months. He sent a contract with a 5 1/2 % fee. From my limited 'Googling' of my local area, I know that ...

When most of us think of having the IRS audit us, we get anxious. Audits can be very expensive, invasive and ultimately time consuming. Some audits are inevitable. However, there are multiple preventative measures tha...

To my broker's colleague, any suggestion on how to verify a remote investor who contacts you for investment properties?  it's the first time that I'm being approached by someone who claims to live in another state and...

Hello, my name is Kerline, and I'm a registered nurse who is new to the BiggerPockets forum. I have a strong interest in becoming a real estate investor. Despite listening to numerous podcasts about real estate invest...

I am afraid! Under contract for my first investment property in Kensington Philadelphia. It’s a war zone down there but tons of new construction. Seems like the city has pushed the junkies further down into upper Kens...

Hi All,How do you present a deal to an investor with the goal of being compensated for it when it closes via an Acquisition Fee? If I find a deal, but don't have capital to bring in and instead work on underwriting, d...

Last week, I was reading a "Catch-all guide" on cold emailing to generate RE leads. I have been in the Marketing/Branding profession for 6 years now and I still feel that cold-emailing can appear extremely impersonal ...

my two business partners and I just closed on a duplex.  the plan is to house-hack.  two of us will be living there as a primary residence but the third person will not be there.  however all three of us are on the ti...

At the beginning of 2014 I received my tax return and decided it was time to stop reading about investing in RE and start doing. I took $2,000 and placed a offer on 2 HUD properties. One was a Town Home (TH) and the...

I have a house in GA under contract and I won't be able to get a warranty deed on it, just a quit claim. The law firm I used to close my last purchase says their title insurance company will not insure the title...