I am very new to real estate investing but have been diligently reading everything that I can here on BiggerPockets.  One thing that is holding me back is that I live in a high cost of living area so I've concluded th...

I just took out a HELOC to use as a down payment an investment property.  My monthly payments will be low (interest only for 10 year draw period), so shouldn't really affect my debt to income ratio much.Once I buy the...

I have a reputation in the Greenville, SC area as a realtor who is an expert in the local the RE investing market. As it is, I backed into becoming a realtor after doing multiple flips, wholesale deals, rental propert...

I have a few campaigns lined up, probate, tax sales, houses that looked neglected etc... that I am going to send each owner a letter inquiring about their property and if they would be interested in selling.

Here i...

In a 2018 video, Ken McElroy said he doesn't do apartment investing anymore. Talked about how it is too hard to make them work with the low cap rates, and instead he builds from the ground up. He's obviously a big nam...

My goal is to buy 10 cash flowing rental properties as quickly and safely as possible. So far I have 4 and I keep 6 months of mortgage payments on hand and have a decent security net in place for maintenance etc. I k...

9 days ago I got a property under contract. The neighborhood is worse than I thought and people aren’t all that interested. I told this to the seller and we agreed on lowering the price. I was just going to cancel the...

I inherited tenants at a duplex I bought in February.  Both units had low income racial minority families with school-aged children. (Race is relevant because I'm white, and there's a well-publicized issue in Portland...

I'm sure there are a few posts for this floating around, but I wanted to bring it up again and open up some ideas.

How do YOU get the banks to accept your offer, either short sale or REO?

My first (and only, to da...

Im curious as to which strategy everyone is after these days. I realize this is a very location sensitive post so if you could provide your primary investing area it would be extremely helpful. I feel most newbies (su...