I had a lengthy post about the story of gentrification in west Oakland two days ago, and you can see that here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/193883-the-story-of-gentrification-part-1-how-to-spot-it ....

Hello Everyone and Happy New year!I am a young investor with a couple of buy and hold deals under my belt and just completed and sold my first rehab deal in Rhode Island. I made much, much less money than I had antici...

Back in October, the executor of an estate replied to an absentee owner letter they had received in September. She was in charge of liquidating the assets for the deceased. The estate was paying her and she does not r...

Hello all!  My name is Julie, and after over a decade of wanting to be a real estate investor, I'm finally taking steps to do it.  Bigger Pockets has been a fantastic resource already, and has really been the push I n...

Hello BP! I am hoping to breach the condition of paralysis by analysis and finally get started on my highly anticipated/researched venture into long distance real estate investing. One of my biggest holdups was choosi...

I wasn't originally intending on going down the path of investing in weekly rentals nor new constructions, but I found a new development that my wife and I see a lot of potential of appreciation with the ability to ca...

America has been devastated by the downfall of home prices and the increase of foreclosures, unemployment, and average debt, to the point of causing a Global economic crisis. Being that I am born and raised in Detroit...

Is it possible to wholesale properties that are listed with a realtor?

Meaning: If it's listed for say 10k can I bring in a buyer and assign it to them for 13k? Hypothetically speaking?

I hope this isn't a stupid qu...

There's a little rambling here, but I want to get all my "facts" out and see if anything comes up about my logic and direction for the regulars here:

My plan was originally to acquire SFH for the appreciation only, m...

The house in question was built in 1972, is 3,800 sq/ft, has 3.5 bathrooms & 5 bedrooms (if you include the in-law/nanny suite connected to the main house). Zillow Zestimate is $530k with a range of $514k - $779 (...