Why do appraisals required by lenders for properties purchased with conventional mortgages always - a very high percentage - get valued at a ridiculously close number to the final selling price?There is no way apprais...

I'm just starting to set my goals and plans into real estate. My wife is all in favor with me. But I would like to involve her too, but she is not interested at all. She is a part time student, part time job, and part...

I'm working on my business plan, and currently working on my exit strategy part of the plan.

Ideally the exit strategy would be to sell of the house and make a nice profit.

Would a contingency to not moving a home i...

Hi, I recently closed on a SFH in northwest Denver that was built in 1898.  In general the home is in good condition with the most notable exception being the windows. All the windows are wood, single pane and origina...

Long story short:  Should I bother taking a nightmare previous tenant to court for $1500? I looked at the pro se small claims court website in my area - which is 45 minutes away, and it says that ALL cases are referr...

Hi everyone! Today I was listening to a couple podcasts and I kept hearing about the concept of the "freedom number". I tried to search Google on the topic and I got a lot of irrelevant links. I would like more inform...

You often hear syndicators say: we're looking at a minimum 20% return or 15%IRR. Things like that. For the sake of curiosity, I'm wondering what factors influence those required returns. Stock market volatily? 10Y tre...

Hi Bigger pocketers,Through bigger pockets, I've been a big fan of BRRR.  I bought and hold properties in southen california area ( total 6 investment properties). My investment properties would be considered class B ...

In the latest podcast (podcast #245 https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/biggerpoc...) @Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner interviewed the bestselling author Ryan Holiday where they talked a lot about ego (great po...

This post is for experienced landlords.

Is it worth it?

I'm saving money and thinking about how I want to spend my savings down the road. I'm 31 years old, I have a 2 year old and a baby on the way. In the next ...