Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...

BiggerPockets Partners with TransUnion to Provide Tenant Screening & Credit Checks

In an effort to serve our members, BiggerPockets now offers tenant screening services in concert with the cr...

I am working with an accountant as I prepare returns for the first year of owning real estate. I read Brandon Hall’s article from a while back talking about the tax myth’s for real estate investing. One was the follow...

Young (20ish) couple presented as working 'wife' making 3x the 2-bedroom rent monthly, and non-working ucla grad student 'husband', recently relocated from midwest, and with no children. Employment checked out so I ac...

My PM has stopped replying my texts and answering my calls.He was coordinating a rehab and he was also finishing up an eviction.His last message was that he admitted he was slacking off and wanted to talk to make thin...

Just bought an older house and have explored rewiring.  As was mentioned in another thread, I'm thinking about waiting until winter time to get bids on the work because everyone seems to be swamped in my area (San Mar...

So I've begun researching purchasing notes, and found a few different threads with the suggestion of cold calling people that are in contact with note holders. Bankruptcy attys, financial planners, CPAs, title compani...

Just got a call in Indiana from a lady whose kid has a pit as a "service" dog. Thoughts on this? Can I still discriminate against the breed as I normally do with pits, rotts and so on even if they have papers?

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I just contacted a Real Estate lawyer that was recommended to me, but her hourly rate was $250 (and no minimum). For now, I just need someone to look over our tenant documents and make sure they're all ...

Hello, Newbie here. I need opinions on this idea.
I have $100,000 I want to invest in real estate. I live in Los Angeles and I have family in Cleveland, Ohio. The last time I visited Cleveland I had the idea to start...