I religiously use the ARV x 70% - repairs formula for any flip that I look into. Completed one last fall and made money. I 've only been looking at cash buys and under 100k houses up to this point.

Because of my wif...

I am trying to figure out something lately, aren't we in a RE sales decline?
Most of the agents I know are twiddling their thumbs, or giving free tours of the city showing properties with few offe...

Hello Bigger Pockets Supporters,
I'm in some need of financial advice. I'll attempt to be brief since there's a lot of info to provide. I recently received a loan (30 year, 3.5% for $235k cash out refi tied to a prop...

So I’m currently in the market to purchase my first rental property, and I’ve been brainstorming for good ideas and I remember Dave Ramsey saying that he buys all his properties with cash which allows him to offer way...

Hi; I'm a new investor who had the privilege of pitching my plan to a panel of experienced members at my local REIA club. They told me lease option deals weren't popular in California because you run into problems wit...

Being a PT real estate agent with no intention of ever going full-time....good or bad idea? Time consuming? Profitable? Not profitable? any ideas would be helpful...

I saw a property that was really run down, and turns out that its listed on the MLS. After talking with my agent I found out that its part of an estate that the current owner is trying to sell. But its decrepit, ne...

I've been researching a career change to FT RE agent. I'm great at sales (I've started a company - was profitable, in big box retailers and sold it off), I'm now self-employed (yuck - but I do have some control), and ...

I see the signs on the wall of a slowing economy, but I'm not seeing a huge drop in prices at least in NYC.  What is everyone seeing across the country?

Hello BP!I've always been interested in investing and bought my first stocks while in college in San Diego. It didn't take me long to realize that despite my research, I felt like I was essentially picking at random a...