I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

Being a real estate agent first.

I know being licensed and having access to the MLS is quite valuable.

But is it worth the time and money to get it?

And how easy/hard is it to be an agent?

I'm already a part t...

I recently had an appraisal come back way under what I believe is the current market value.  I am very familiar with this neighborhood and know that this home would sell for more if it was listed for sale tomorrow.I p...

Hey BP,I'm looking for funds to finish my rehab project and someone told me about Sprout Financial unsecured line credit? Are they legit? Has anyone used them? I'm skeptical because of there up front consulting fee of...

I am getting ready to close on my first rental this week in the Cleveland area. I have run the numbers and it makes sense for my goals. I have been using the BP calculator using real numbers and rules of thumb. The co...

Hi BiggerPockets! I'm pretty new to the forums but I've been using BiggerPockets as a resource on and off for a few years. I'm getting more serious about real estate investing- I was a full time architecture graduate ...

My last real estate transaction the attorney showed up at the closing to pick up his check, I don't recall him doing anything meaningful with the transaction at all. He explained a few forms to me, that I didn't need ...

I have read mixed reviews about sites like forsalebyowner.com regarding their flat fee MLS listing service. I read in another post that giving an agent just 3% deters them. BUT doesn't the buyers agent split the commi...

Myths about Foreclosure (Texas)

Please note that my area of expertise is in the State of Texas and the statistics contained in this article should not be relative to other states.

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Ok I'm done trying to work with agents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I would like to start making offers on mainly REO's by going through the listing agent.

I looked at Stephs' article about finding the contact name a...