I was wondering if you guys have come across any good books about "Sweat Equity". Actually doing the rehab yourself instead of contracting everything out. I realize that sometimes you need a licensced professional t...

Hi All, I have started looking around Austin for a place to live after graduation this spring. For the past four years at UT, I have been renting, paying +$850/mo to share a room  in a five bedroom home near campus. S...

I did it!!!  I got the building under contract and its time to get the funding and start due diligence!  It's HAPPENING!!  I feel like two things at the same time... YAAAAAYYY 🎉😀💃🏾  and OH CRAP!!! 😱😱😱Now I have Inspec...

Hello BP! I'm in a somewhat fun situation and I would like your input.  I'm graduating college this year and got my first "real" job a couple months ago.  I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life and I'm looking to chang...

Hi all, I have had some experience in small real estate investing but a friend of mine has approached me to start investing in short-term rentals. I am aware of the main differences and landscape but was just curious ...

This is actually pretty funny, because I posted a forum and spoke of how hectic my schedule already is.For those of you who didn't see that, I'm 23 years old. I'm a contractor for a large aviation company and make pre...

I have properties at south bend in. I start work with handyman he took the money didn't finish the work and disappear. I met him after he contact me at biggerpocket

I live in Middle, TN and am looking to invest in the 36606 area. From the research I have done it looks like a good area to invest in, but there is little info about it on BP. Are there any areas that I should also be...

When I first started thinking about getting into REI, my initial thoughts were to do live-in flips with the goal of being able to pay cash for my "retirement" house approximately 10 years from now, so I won't have a h...

So after tooling around these forums for a while, conducting many searches, and reading a lot of posts I have seen something that has come up often but not yet been addressed (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Everyon...