Hi there, fellow Bigger Pocketeers!I'm Jeff J, an Army nurse in my mid-20s. My pursuit of financial independence exposed me to dozens of FI sites and real estate kept coming up there and from my brother, who's also in...

I purchased a 9 unit multifamily in Tacoma last year. Almost all the units are below market rent, especially considering the recent improvements. The only unit that is not below market rent is the one that we just ren...

Hello fellow BP'ers! Like any other newbie starting out, I too have a lot of basic questions.  I am grateful to this community who likes to kick @$$ and make you get started. Its like having an older sibling that make...

According to this article, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-says-home-real-estate-is-a-bad-investment/if you take out the recent housing bubble and just look at returns on real estate for the past 100 years, you wi...

Hello,Me and my wife are about to close on our first house that we will use solely to rent out. I wanted to ask about the best way / method to get a professional rental agreement put together and any advice on the ten...

Let's say the quick and dirty is, I (like so many) investors had taken too many courses from national speakers in TX, FL (and everywhere NOT in New England), and had still not done a deal. I forced myself to do a dea...

Hi, BPersBy going through all the posts in the forum, I got the impression from some experts that it is dangerous to buy small (<100 units) MF deals in tertiary markets late in the RE cycle like now. Could someone ...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 15, 2020)
It’s official: The longest expansion in U.S. history ended in February as the economy fell into a deep recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (“NBER”...

I'm in the process of buying my first rental property in Lincoln Park and in a sticky situation.  The owner claimed it was zoned as a 3 flat, but the zoning certificate came in as a 2 flat a few days before closing.  ...

I finally took the plunge and purchased my first property last month and now I have the fever! LOL. I am now zeroing in on short term rentals. Specifically in Galena, IL which from first glance seems to have the abil...