Hi there! I'm still in the "information gathering" phase of the deal, but I've spent the last few days educating myself on hard money loans, the costs associated with them, and the problems that people experience in g...

My wife and I just bought a Freddie mac home steps house during the owner occupied period. We closed last thursday. I needed about 3 weeks to paint and do some work to the house before moving in, so we have not yet mo...

Hello BP! I just passed the board exam to become a licensed Real Estate agent in Florida. Specifically in South Florida. My plan is to find a good 100% commission brokerage to hang my license with. The reason I was lo...

So I have this property in a D neighborhood (Ybor city, Tampa) and I have a management company managing it. The tenant paid the first and second months promptly, the third was late and the forth which was supposed to ...

Hi I'm pretty sure I'm an idiot, but I'm getting slapped hard for it (again!)... I always thought that depreciating your property (and getting a tax write off for it) was permanent... So, a few years ago when I had a ...

In David Greene's book "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" (which is awesome, btw) I saw an argument that I didn't understand fully, which is basically "you should overpay on your mortgages to refinance them faster ...

Hello Bigger Pockets,I am looking to buy in Baltimore Md to rent to Section 8 qualified tenants. What are everyone's thoughts of section 8? I've seen some horror stories on YouTube but believe the program can be very ...

I was just wondering how everyone started their endeavors into the Real Estate world. How old were you, what was your first deal, and just what brought you into Real Estate. Just thought this might be interesting fo...

Hi, The trend in Silicon Valley, in the pricier buildings, is toward in unit W/Ds. I'm wondering a few things, but mostly has anyone done this and how much more (in %) they were able to get for their units after insta...

Hi everyone, We've been thinking through the best way to save for kids college.  We have two kids and have been maxing out our state's 529 plan.  Quinn is a 3 year old boy and has about $18,000 in a 529 account alread...