For those of you who actively choose to invest in high crime areas, what do you make sure to factor into your numbers? -higher vacancy-higher possibility of turnover -hiring a property management company with skill an...

...Dumb.
[Sorry to be mean.  My comments as an owner -- rant ahead]
Seriously.  How much are you guys paying for your "lists".   How many of you think buying a list of: owners that got a red tag.  owners that got an...

So I’m 20 in college and going into my final two semesters of college and I’m reading my first real estate book and I wanted to do the housing hacking route in West Virginia (that’s where I go to school and what’s the...

My strategy thus far has been to find properties that cash flow $300-500 a month in areas that appreciate. While the cashflow I have earned thus far has been mediocre ($3k-5k/yr for last 5 years), the appreciation has...

Hi,After contacting a few lenders I’ve realized that the down payment money can’t be a gift. Does anyone have an idea how rigid is this rule and if there is a way to work around it. I did receive funds from my parents...

...with some meat, not the usual pan over that I see everywhere with all these other courses reviewed here. You can spend $497 or $1497 and still get the same frustrations. I've seen plenty of suggestions on wholesa...

Good morning BiggerPockets,Last week I started my first direct mail campaign. I bought a list from ListSource and sent out postcards to a few hundred absentee landlords in the area where I want to invest. The postcard...

Hi All - I've recently been bitten by the real estate bug; I've just finished Brandon Turner's Book on Rental Property Investing and am all-in on BiggerPockets. I'm still in the information gathering stage at this poi...

Hi Everyone,

I'm under contract on a 4BR/2BA home. It's very clear that I'm under contract at market value price. 147,500. However, it will rent for $1,500/month and taxes are dirt cheap.

It is also entirely renovat...