My tenant is requesting a 5 year lease. I was originally going to increase rent by 3% per year.  Because they want to sign for 5 years, which will reduce vacancy costs, I should probably reduce the annual rent increas...

Happy Holidays to everyone! I am enjoying this Christmas in my office in Miami and will be here for at least 10 hours. I view this as another day to get another deal. My family has already written me off as crazy, how...

There is a commercial property (strip mall) up for sale on auction.com later this month in my area. A group of us are interested in bidding. In our research we found that the property was purchased at a trustee sale i...

Hi BP,I’ve had passion on real estate investment after reading rich dad. I am a physician having really busy schedules with quite decent income. What I am realizing is that REI is not really passive. I even looked at ...

I'm looking at a short sale tomorrow that just came on the market. I spoke w/ the listing agent today and she told me the bank already approved selling at a number. Is this number what the BPO came in at and if I...

Hi All -I have a situation regarding selling my property. I am selling our duplex (one unit renting for $1100.00/month, and the other was owner occupied by us) due to relocating my family to the Atlanta GA area.After ...

Hello BiggerPockets family!I just officially finished my first year as a real estate investor and I wanted to share a summary of what I did, what I experienced, and the lessons I learned. I hope this will be helpful f...

I just completed my first flip . . . yay!! The property is located in the Inland Empire, San Bernardino area. I am looking for creative solutions to get it off my books. Short story: It was my first property. I made s...

I am on the dark side with this question. My current land lord in short wants me out. 1 day after the 3 day grace period I got a notice to vacate. I went to the office with the cashiers check and the land lord signed ...

As I look across the US, I'm seeing that different STR markets are in different stages of maturity, and am curious which strategies investors are using to target them.On one end of the spectrum you have mature vacatio...