Hi All:I live in the Washington, DC metro area. I need help getting off the dime and plunging into the buy and hold arena. I have cash to pay for the rental properties until I am able to consider leveraging it. I have...

Okay, here's an interesting situation that my best friend (let's call him "Bob") found himself in this evening, and I'm curious what you would do if this happened to you... I'll try to keep it brief, but regardless, ...

A little over 3 years ago, we initiated a system on the site called 'influence'. This
Influence System was designed to reward those users who engage and give back to BiggerPockets.

At first, the system was lauded al...

I wanted to know if its ok for me to start with a line of credit and/or a credit card. Line of credit interest rate is 9% of 50000. Credit card rate is 11% but 14 if cash advance, limit is 25000. I do now have a pr...

I am asking this question for my sister.  She has a house and wants to sell it.  However her garage is on the neighbors property.  Is there anyway around this?  O by the way the neighbor will not sell that part off to...

How do you mitigate the conflict of interest between being an Investor AND a Broker?

On one hand you try and sell at market value, the other you're trying to buy from said person below market value. Where is the mora...

Here a good article by Forbes that breaks down a lot of the new stuff in the tax bill.

It clearly mentions real estate at least twice. The author argues that those who sell real estate could be adversely affected ...

I know the building is old but it has a nice CoC.I am asking my realtor to get the maintenance/repair records to see what has been done in the past.This will be an OOS investment and my first investment. My realtor wa...

I’m intrigued by solar panels and if this is an opportunity to add value to my property as well as increase monthly income. However, I really don’t know anything about them and am relatively new to being a landlord, ...

I’m going to keep this short because I’m at work. I will either graduate from UT with in MBA or work for a RE company after full time after my first year of college. Depending on whether or not I think it is worth the...