![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2820791/small_1694751609-avatar-matts1172.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I purchased some farmland in SD at an IRS tax sale in January of 2021, the previous owners owed the IRS 1.8 million so the IRS siezed and sold 3 tracts of land in an attempt to collect their debt. The sale was hardly ...
In 2011 I took a vacation to Hawaii for the first time. The trip was something I promised my grandmother, who passed 5 months earlier I would do. I rented a condo from a woman who happened to be a real estate agent. A...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/593575/small_1621493362-avatar-albert248.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I just finished the 1st chapter of No/Low Money Down and learned about FHA + 203k Loans which gave breath to some ideas. Tell me why this won't work! For example...Say we found a foreclosed house in Oakland. Let's use...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/505493/small_1621479874-avatar-asah1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
What scenarios lead to a LP investor losing their entire investment in a MF syndication? I've only heard stories of investments under-performing. Any examples of how you or someone you know of lost money would be help...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1734304/small_1621515134-avatar-donac4.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I recently saw an add or a post about Rad Diversified. It's a REIT and they claim their return was 36% last year. They specialize in tax deed purchases, rehab, tenant occupy then cash out and refi and repeat the proce...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/479710/small_1706818698-avatar-chrisb140.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I'm sure no one has ever had this happen. I got through showing the property and hand the prospective tenants their rental app, and she looks at me and says, "oh, there's no pets? I have a cat." Ugh.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/182872/small_1621431578-avatar-grizzlybare.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Scenario: Contract buyer and seller enter into a Contract for Deed. Buyer immediately files Memo of Agreement in the situs county. All goes well for two years and Seller applies for loan. Mortgage Lender realiz...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/374558/small_1621447506-avatar-h3_properties.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
We no longer rent to smokers but we used to rent to smokers with the condition that they smoke outside.
We have a tenant that is a from the time that we rented to smokers. They have been good at only smoking outside...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1451243/small_1621512434-avatar-brianw443.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
We have all seen and read opinions on what people just starting in real estate investing should do in terms of creating a LLC to own and operate each property. Most of what I have read speaks to the opinions for youn...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/208424/small_1621433303-avatar-4wealth.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello BP Family, Has anyone had to evict a military family? After two months of tenancy, I've decided to evict my tenants, a military family for non payment of rent & unfit living conditions. During a site visit o...