Hello fellow BPers,  i've tenants in my house for 10+ years.  For a while I engaged different property managers.  But, due to various book keeping, timely rent payment and other issues, i had to let them go and self m...

How do you handle a contractor who was suppose to finish a job in 3 months which is now a YEAR and he is basically saying he messed up the rest of your budget money?  I want to cut him off my job and file a lawsuit wh...

My worst loss was $100,000 trading foreign exchange. I made $100,000 one year then lost $200,000 the next.

My worst real estate deal I lost about $25,000 on. Paid too much, rented to dirt bag tenant for way...

Just finished my 4th tax lien sale here in Indiana over the last couple mo. At the last sale in Madison County (Anderson, IN...depressed area), nice homes went for 50-100% of assessed values with back taxes owed just ...

I keep hearing folks talking about hot markets in CA, AZ, and Las Vegas. I left CA about 10 years ago due to concerns about water. I am confused though why many of these areas are on the brink of having water shut off...

I am a new investor -- just bought my first single-family rental about six months ago. I would like to transition to multi-family as soon as I can save up enough capital. However, I just had a baby in September, and n...

Oregon is considering a bill with state wide rent control. As landlords, this is obvious an issue incredibly important to our industry.Rent control creates ghettos. Rent control drives up the cost of housing.  Rent co...

So far we have seen two waves of foreclosures... the speculators and the sub prime debacle.

The tide is rising now on the 3rd wave.... those who had great credit, but now have issues because of job losses etc.

To R...

Hello all,I wanted to pose the question to you all.  Is Bigger Pockets actually making it harder for new investors to get started in real estate?To be honest, lately, I've been having this thought.  Please allow me to...

I came across this post in response to the question, "What is the worst advice you've received?"

Originally posted by @Justin B.:
"Make a lot of low offers and one will eventually be taken." Well yea, but ...