Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...

As someone looking to buy their first buy-and-hold investment property sometime within the next year or two, it's really disheartening analyzing properties in my area. I live in San Jose (right in the heart of the ...

Excited to get started investing in real estate, but would like some advice on best first steps.

I live in a very expensive metro area, which is why investing in a different area is attractive. I am con...

Hi all, I am not new to investing but I am new to RE investing. The majority of my money is in Stocks and I'm looking to move some of my funds over to RE. I'm not looking to get rich or replace a W2, but I am looking ...

Now is the time to BUY!Here is what is occurring in virtually all "hot" real estate markets nationally:"Hot" = strong population and job growth markets and therefore increasing price trend line This applies to San Jos...

I recently got into a lengthy discussion on another thread about wholesalers and whether they bring any value to the real estate industry or not. I am interested to see what everyone's experience has been with wholesa...

Hello BP,Just closed on a two year flip of a multifamily deal in Riverside CA.  I don't usually like to publicize my deals but BP has been a nice resource and I thought I would contribute with my experience and answer...

Hello Investors! Is anyone interested in showing our their cash flowing properties to the BP Community? Our BiggerPockets YouTube team is going to be filming tours of cash flowing properties with real estate investors...

Getting pretty sick and tired and annoyed with the top contributors in forums just posting random little answers has nothing to do with answering the posted question or helpful. They do it just to get more activity po...

Can I buy a home directly from an owner facing foreclosure in advance of the foreclosure auction?  For example, I see a home up for auction, and the amount owed is about $38,000.  Assuming this is the only debt (and I...