This lady, friend of our family is going into foreclosure in January of 2014 and she asked us if we can help her. We are newer than newbies in the Real Estate arena and need some help from the pros who know this bu...

A woman I know just bought a house and hired a home inspector. Two weeks after moving in a pipe broke behind a washer and flooded her whole house. She had to have the whole floor - subflooring and all - replaced. Why...

I have a tenant that has been leasing a $2600/mo home for the past 3 years. Excellent, pays on time, takes care of property. His lease in on a month to month term. He recently lost his job and wants to stay in the hom...

I've only been in this business a few years, but have purchased a lot of deals.  Mostly from motivated homeowners, and bank foreclosures, which I understand and expect many of those to be in bad condition.  But lately...

Hi everyone! I have been using BiggerPockets for real estate info for about a year now, but this is my first post. I’m looking to start investing long distance investing in the Midwest (likely Minnesota, my hometown) ...

Hello all,My buddy introduced me to the Bigger Pockets podcasts about a year ago. I am not one to put myself out there without all the facts so I have held back from posting and communicating on BP, despite every podc...

Hi everyone,I'm considering putting an offer on a 4 unit rental property. This will be my first real estate investment if it goes through. I don’t want to live in it so I'm going to do 25% downpayment. I want to open ...

Sellers won’t release earnest money deposit back after denial of mortgage from the lender. What are my options to get their earnest money deposit back?

so theres been a lot of talk about the devaluating dollar , china pulling out of the us bond market and a whole array of fear inducing headlines slipped in just below justin beiber and bristal palin updates.

There ...

This week, as seen on the BiggerPockets News Page, FannieMae and FreddieMac (the large government entities that back a majority of U.S. mortgages) announced that they will halt the foreclosure process for the mortgage...