Hello! I'm happy to be here on the BP forums.I'm just starting to look at investing in real estate. I live in inland southern California, which is more affordable than the coasts, but still more expensive than what I'...

Currently live in San Francisco and would like to purchase rental properties in other cities. I have looked into a few cities denton tx, kansas city, and columbus oh. Does anyone recommend a city to get started? 

Hi BP members!I am very grateful that I have found this site; during the last six months, I have been educating myself listening to the Podscast (at least two a day), I´ve been reading your blogs, discussions, and the...

I've been trying to follow what is happening on the STR front nationwide and would love to hear from BP members about what's happening in your particular city/location as far as restrictions?  When we bought our prope...

Hi all, I am not new to investing but I am new to RE investing. The majority of my money is in Stocks and I'm looking to move some of my funds over to RE. I'm not looking to get rich or replace a W2, but I am looking ...

Hi Bigger Pockets friends!
I am in a unique situation in which I’ll be moving from Hawaii back to the mainland within a year after selling my business, and I’m trying to figure out where to move to. I will have a mod...

I wanted to see what top 10 cities and towns would be good to acquire rental property in? Good as in terms of acquiring for a first time buyer/ beginner investor, and if the property the area is in can appreciate over...

Hi all.  This is my first post here - I'll try to keep it short.I've become incredibly interested in REI over the past 3 months. I've gotten to a spot in one of Brandon Turner's books where he is talking about the imp...

Hi! I'm new to the Bigger Pockets Forums by way of the Bigger Pockets Money podcast by way of the FI/FIRE movement. I've owned my own business for 6 years and I work from home in my 859sf 2br/1ba San Francisco East Ba...

I'm aware of the extra steps I'll be taking by paying for the utilities and the fact that if the tenant doesn't pay rent, I am ALSO on the hook for utilities not paid. However, I assume they will all be legit write of...