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...

A plea to my community of Real Estate Investors: Can we drop the term "Passive Income"??? It seems to me to have negative connotations and to promote negative impressions of the business and its practitioners! I...

This is a long post. But its a newbies play by play for finding new deals. Let me first start of by saying that I am a proud newbie real estate investor. You were once where I am now. And I aspire to be where anyone r...

Lately, because of the large amount of confusing and low quality information I have read online and my inability to access my book collections, I am confused about taxes.

I have the following questions:

1. Are there...