Hey BP,How much do you budget when getting an estimate from a contractor? Once again, I’m in a situation where I’m spending more money on my contractor who is over his estimate. (Shocking, not.) I’m sick of being hose...

Hi BP!Today my duplex caught on fire. Thankfully, only one of my tenants was there and she was able to get out safely and call the fire department. So thankful this didn't happen in the middle of the night. It could h...

Over the the episodes from the past two weeks, David from the BiggerPockets podcast has brought up that real estate will be harder and harder to from the "small guy" to get into each year due to factors like: inflatio...

I'm hoping a tax expert can answer this question I have. In my current job, I make close to the fica cap which my employer pays both employer and my portion as the employee. I only contribute the matching 5% to my 401...

After looking at several SFH, I have yet to find one to purchase for a rental that would be profitable in my area. As a result, I expanded my search to my hometown which is about an hour away and have found a 7 unit m...

Last year I bought my first multi-family (4-Unit) with an FHA loan only putting down 3.5%. I am looking to buy my 2nd Multi-Family but the lenders want me to put down 25% and on purchase prices around $200,000 thats $...

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I am new to BP and real estate investing in general but have been following some large (8 units+) MFDs in some rough areas of Newark and Jersey City with numbers that sound good and am wondering ...

I'm reading up on how to start doing Probate deals and I'm super stoked b/c there's a lot of good information on this site so thanks for that everyone. I did have one question though. I see a lot of the time that I ...

Setting the stage:My wife and I have been looking for quite sometime for a good opportunity in our area, southern California, beach community.  A realtor I've been in communication with called me up and said I have so...

Hi all,So I'm on the brink of starting my real estate investing career after studying both residential and commercial for the last year or so and I'm wondering if it would  be a realistic goal to have 300 units cashfl...