I've been doing research on markets for buy and hold for about a month now. I'm checking unemployment rates, population growth, purchase price, rent rates, percentage of renters, etc. and I'm still having trouble iden...

Ok.. so I was able to pull $900k+ worth of HELOCs between 2 of my 5 properties.   I decided to temporarily leverage some of that equity into a property Im flipping (ground-up/new construction) here in Los Angeles.  Th...

Is anyone familiar with www.fundingforflipping?

It's May 1, and I wasn't sure exactly how the rents would all shakedown. All of my passive investments, Airbnb and multifamily, are hanging in very well.  All my other tenants paid.  I do have one that is out of work ...

My wife and I have finally made the decision to leave Southern California and seek greener pastures.  We are in our early 40s and don't have a retirement plan or much saved, and we've come to the realization that the ...

Quite often I hear people talk of seller financing as more of a last ditch resort when disposing of property that one might not be able to sell any other way. I'm sure that many of you have come across these kind of ...

10/23/12 UPDATE: The Influence System Has been Removed from BiggerPockets.

INFLUENCE & VOTING

We've established...

Thinking on withdraw most of my 401K account (no longer employed with that company) and invest in RE property.  I have over 100K, also have lost over 10K in the past 13 months.  Just want to have more control of my mo...

I would love some insight to this as I am a new investor (don’t have a home yet). I know most don’t recommend using a PM but I see myself long term with 60+ units one day and would eventually use one anyway. Ok with t...