My wife and I bought a home in Clairemont (San Diego) back in 2011 for $330,000. Now it's probably worth close to $550-600k. I'm trying to get my foot in the door to invest in real estate. The option I have now is pul...

@J Scott had some questions concerning this on another thread. Did a search on the internet and found a memo from NAR concerning this issue. Seems like there were court decisions in numerous states. I was a licensed a...

Hi everyone! I recently received an offer letter to start helping a local wholesaling company with acquisitions. What would be a reasonable commission to negotiate? Could I negotiate base pay? This company just starte...

I am currently looking at a 15 unit complex sales prices$1,350,000.  Net rents (minus 5% vacancies) is $170k expenses are $48k.  Cap rate would be about 9%.  I am thinking of doing a self directed IRA to pay for the d...

Is there such thing as a “perfect investment?” According to today’s guest, yes. Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we sit down with Paul Moore, a real estate investor whose 18-year journey through real estate has incl...

I've been thinking about renting to section 8 tenants because from what I understand you can buy cheaper properties that aren't glamourous, and a portion of the rent is guaranteed via a government check. The cons, of ...

Hello everybody,

When you guys are getting ready to place a new tenant what do you guys prefer, contract or moth to month? This is my first time renting out one of my houses and my lawyer recommended that I do month ...

Can someone explain a really good logical argument you use to persuade sellers that a lease option is good to do. Also, the fact that I'm obtaining their property but will just go find another person to lease option. ...

All right, I need some help.

I have the opportunity to bid on a property that has been reduced on price about 17.6%. It has been on the market since December. It is a 24 unit apartment complex with a contract with ...

This might be a dumb question - but here goes: In my search for my first investment property, every realtor I speak to has the same question - how much am I going to put down? My question is this - assuming you clos...