I have a STR that I've owned for 3 years in the Orlando market. I know commercial properties are worth more if they are sold with a tenant in a lease. Does the same apply to a STR (of course there's no lease, but ther...

Hi BiggerpocketsI have a seller that purchased a property in 2001 with his girl friend at the time. They broke up in 2005 and she has since stayed in the property.
The original mortgage of 80k was in both their name...

Hey everyone!My name is Hilary Catton, and if you don't know me, I am the Director of Customer Success for this amazing site you're currently on, BiggerPockets!My goal is to make BiggerPockets even more accessible, ea...

Does having diarrhea make one an Expert on Toilets?

Just because one investor, in one part of the country, during a specific time period, uses a specific technique (s) to make money in real estate, does not make him...

I own a rental property that has been a massive headache since day 1. Anyway, my current tenant is a single woman who owes me a month and a half back rent at this point. She's always giving excuses and lying about pay...

I just spent my evening at a local blogging meetup and couldn't help but wonder why more of our members aren't blogging either here or on their own personal blogs off-site.

I can't tell you how important I think a bl...

I make about $85k a year and have $30k saved up. I want to quit so bad. I live in Milwaukee, WI and see a lot of deals out there.

To all police officers who are either Bigger Pockets members or may come by and view this, I want to give you a well deserved thank you.

Thank you for putting your lives on the line every day to maintain order in our...

I'm still in the learning phases, but trying to both stabalize my income and also figfure out how I could invest in real estate while working fulltime 40-50 hours a week. I imagine there is a lot of work and things th...

As I read posts, comments, reviews, etc about crowdfunding, I am increasingly coming to a swift realization. And it is that most people have hijacked the term "crowdfunding" and use it almost synonymously to mean "inv...