Although I keep hearing how 'bad' Wilkinsburg is, I've chosen to invest in the area.  I see potential and want to help revitalize the community.  I've made 4 offers on rental properties in Wilkinburg (all very close t...

I'm looking to purchase my first investment property.  I went to Ole Miss for grad school and loved the town so I thought that Oxford could be a good place to buy my first rental property.  I am wondering if there was...

I am closing on a four unit soon, and one of the tenants is on section 8. I am unfamiliar with the program, and will not be renewing when their lease is up in November. Of course I will have to abide by the curre...

I'm curious - as the real estate climate is changing (more strict underwritting, local economic factors, law changes, ect.) are you adapting your business plans and if you are, what particularly are you changing?

Per...

So the other day at the foreclosure auction, the bidding was going hot and heavy on a property until it ran up so high that all of the experienced bidders stopped bidding. It was down to just two bidders now, going b...

I am a new RE investor and my Realtor is telling me that I have to use the ASR (Standard Agreement for the Sale of Real Estate) from the Pennsylvania Assoc. of Realtors.

Is this a requirement in PA, or simpl...

I have been watching a lot of the Re-Performing 2nds PPR offers up each week and noticed that the interest rate on many of them is only 5%.  I guess I am a little confused why so low when I myself (with excellent cred...

Is a bank that does portfolio lending considered to service their own debt and one that sells their mortgages off to Fannie is not?I see the benefits of a local portfolio lender all the way so Ive been calling around ...

I posted my introduction on another thread (http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/227341-new-from-south-florida-ft-lauderdale-b4-in-nj-union-county?page=1#p1506081) and thanks for all who replied. My employer ...

Hello Bigger Pockets Community!I recall someone mentioning on one of the podcasts that they actually do not let their tenants know they are the landlord of the property. Instead they act as they are a property manager...