I know this one might get a bit controversial, but I think it's important to have this discussion. I started out investing a bit over a year ago and it was just recently I started experiencing some discrimination once...

I'm in about 5 different investment groups on Facebook and they all complain about wholesaler calls, wholesaler text, wholesaling postcards, etc. As someone who aspires to be a Buy and Hold Investor, I try to put myse...

I was talking about Real Estate Investing with some people at Home Show event, and as I was talking about getting rents up to market rates. A lady in the conversation asked me if I felt guilty about that (raising rent...

I am every so grateful to BP and all the great people that are part of the BP community.  It was after reading extensively about the BRRRR strategy (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) that I was inspired to try it o...

Like many other real estate investor, I seek to buy and hold real estate, and enjoy the cash flow and any possible appreciation.   However, since my target properties are lower end properties that often requires rehab...

Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...

I have a problem with paying people by percentage rather than pay per hour.For example, nearly every single property manager charges a percentage of the rent 6% to 10% of the monthly rent for property management fees....

I realize I do not have a ton of posts here on Bigger Pockets, but I can’t emphasize enough the impact BP has had on me in a short time.  In the interest of community and sharing success stories with others that might...

I read the following article tonight:

Strategic Default or Efficient Breach?

that speaks about the supposed "moral obligation" to continue making payments on an underwater mortgage. The article generally jives wi...

For a few months I've been learning about how to use my unused income from a full-time job to invest in real estate and have been reading lots of books like Hold: How to Find, Buy and Rent Houses for Wealth, Brandon T...