Hi folks,First, I want to thank everyone who has supported BiggerPockets and me by purchasing the BiggerPockets books on Flipping Houses and Estimating Rehab Costs.  We have sold nearly 40,000 books to date, and the f...

I've tried to search and haven't seen exactly what I am after, so I thought I would bring this to the group. After many, many years of owning our own rental properties and filing our federal returns, utilizing Schedul...

I would like to use a realtor to help lease out my rental property in Richmond, VA. At this time, I am not wanting on-going property management services.If a realtor helps a property owner rent out a property (i.e., m...

Hello Everyone,This is my first time posting here and was hoping to get some assistance in reviewing the loan terms I've received from a local bank.  Are they good?  Are they pretty standard?  This is my first time se...

Hi, My name is Mark.I've been lurking for a while, but have finally decided to post to Biggerpockets today.I'm a construction guy with over 28 years of experience. We "fell" in to our first Rental in 2008.  It's been ...

Hi everyone,
I have a realtor that is willing to knock doors of distressed home-owners (e.g. pre-forclosures) and explain to them creative financing options to help them in their situation such as doing a seller fina...

So it looks like my offer was accepted on my first rental property! The property already has a tenant in place that’s been there for 8 years and pays on time, keeps the place decent.I’d like to keep the tenant and he’...

I remember reading this article when longtime pillar of the BP community, Brandon Hall wrote it a few years ago. I'll let the article speak for itself, but if I were to distill it down to a sentence: When it comes to ...

Hello,I wanted to know if there is anyone here whho has done a lease option agreement with seller for 6 months and lease option the property to buyer for 3 months? I was running numbers and wanted to know if someone h...

Hi all!I need some advice.  This has never happened to me before and I'm not sure how to handle it.  When I went today to have my current tenants sign another one-year lease, I did an inspection of the property.   To ...