To speed up the process, be sure to find a mentor to teach you real estate investing. Your learning curve will be shorten and you won't make the same mistakes he/she made.

I am trying to get my feet wet on the note business. Here is something that i offered and the seller accepted my offer. (Have one last chance to backout if need be).UPB: $8226.36Monthly payment: $596.50Remaining numbe...

I am developing a tenant application and am a little uneasy asking for personal information.  Many applications I reviewed while developing mine asked potential tenants for bank and credit card account numbers and bal...

Debating on which tenants you would choose. Leave your feedback! We have amazing 1st floor tenants and I think we are comparing everyone to them which is sort of hurting our judgment on people.Tenant A:Young couple (m...

Hi BiggerPockets,I am in a tough situation with my current property manager. I understand there are lots of things behind in the backend for property managers to manage the property for the landlord. However, my curre...

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For a little background, I am an 18 year old college student from the Dayton, Ohio area and I am strongly considering going back to my hometown, enrolling in community college, and pursuing my real esta...

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I haven't met many of you yet, but my name is John and right now I'm doing my homework and building a network so I can get involved in the St. Louis market. Obviously, there's a lot of fluff and guru ...

I'm working on buying my first investment property in Oklahoma City (where I also live). We made an offer and it was accepted and right now we are in the inspection period. It turns out that we are dealing with a whol...

I finally did it! Was able to close on my first deal without any equity partners! What an awesome feeling it is today, now that the closing is official, but wow was it a bumpy road to the finish line.I have been a par...

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Thanks a lot to the BP community, I am about to rent out my first property. I have learned a bunch here, and continue to do so, so thanks to all who contribute. Its not rented yet, but I met with a...