Currently we own a 2.5 year old house. We bought the house because it was brand new, and it was in a place where we thought we would live for a long time. Long story short.... Taxes went up drastically, a paycut came ...

First...after a 1 year battle with Cancer my mother passed away...another year has gone by getting our lives back together, kids graduating college, etc. Many of you offered kind wishes and it was well appreciated. Th...

Hey everyone! I'm Jack, a newbie investor from Seattle, WA that's been on Biggerpockets as a lurker for about six months or so. Although I've done a fair bit of reading, I haven't actually gotten into any sort of deal...

Ok so I have now about 25k sitting in a 401 that I do not contribute for about 6 years. Of course it hasn't had much gain. Do I leave it there and forget about it or do I pull it out,take the hit and invest in real es...

Every time mortgage rates drop, we see significant increase in Buyer activity. When mortgage rates dropped earlier this month, we received a significant amount of showing requests on our listed homes, which ultimately...

I'm out of state, and largely unfamiliar with the disney area other than my family vacations and limited research. I'm looking to buy a family vacation property, but also make money on it. I've seen similar posts in t...

Hi Everyone, the last one month has been the most stressful in my life as I have to deal with a problematic tenant. These people were not on time when it comes to paying rent and have several thousand dollars due incl...

I was informed today by my property manager that he keeps all the late payments when tenants pay rent late. Is that the norm or should I contest this? I know it could probably go either way and depends on what is in t...

In most instances, I would assume it is for two reasons. To generate passive income which will help eliminate the need to work and to help with our retirement.

Normally about this time of year, various magazines come...

I have two major issues with Bigger Pockets.  Before I get to the issues I want to point out Bigger Pockets is a great website for networking, free information, investing strategies and many other things.  Overall I t...