My goal is to purchase my first apartment building before the end of 2016 and I have been studying, reading, and listening to everything I can get my hands on. Recently I have come across information from a few differ...

Hi all,

New landlord here again...

So what do you normally do between tenants besides change the locks? I'm talking in an ideal world, where the tenant has left the unit reasonably clean and there are no outstandin...

Canary In The Coal Mine: Unfunded Liabilities Have Turned Illinois Into A "Banana Republic"The state is buried debt, and hasn’t passed a budget in over 700 days. 100% of their monthly revenue is being consumed by cou...

My landlord entered my apartment illegally (did not give me 24 hour notice) and found out that I had broken the lease by having a pet, which is forbidden int he lease. He has now geven me 30 days to move out and I don...

I wanted to get the BP community's take on driving luxury vehicles...

Do you think they send a negative message when meeting with renters or sellers? Do they hurt your negotiating power?

I tend to thin...

With millions of baby boomers getting ready to retire between the years of 2012 to 2016, just how comfortable are you leaving your money invested on Wall Street? The demand to buy pushes prices upwards. With these ret...

This post is more of a pondering than a question... I was thinking this morning, after getting my 30th email from one "guru" or another trying to sell me a system or information.Here are a few of the systems I have lo...

Just like it says, are there any very young investors out here on bigger pockets?

One of the hardest things for me is finding someone in the same age group as I am (teenager, almost adult tho =]) ...

We just had our first accepted offer on a house that I knew would have some underlying problems.  After the general home inspection, we discovered WAY more than we were willing to take on for our first rehab/rent so w...

Looks like my 1st property will be an FHA owner-occ quadplex.  I've heard time and time again that there's no need to hire out property management for this small multifamily.  What I'm unsure of is how I would handle ...