Mine is foreclosure filings and REO sales.Let me explain.In 2007, I was working on 20 shortsales and a business partner of mine was working on about 40 shortsale cases. None of the shortsales were accepted. This was u...

Hi BP,I hope all is well. I was wondering what questions I should ask a PM if I'm interviewing them. These are the questions I got so far
1. How do you find and screen prospective tenants?
2. How and when will you c...

Interested in learning from the Bigger Pockets community if people are doing a lot of syndicated deals? If so, what asset classes are you investing in? Are you seeing good returns through syndications?

Any common p...

Hi BiggerPockets - I am considering writing a lengthy discussion on how to invest a large lump sum of money effectively. This topic comes up for discussion a LOT here on BiggerPockets, as it seems there are many reaso...

Bill Gulley posted in another thread that he'd rather have "5 150K properties than 20 32K properties, all things considered. Generally, less maintenance, less management efforts, fewer collection problems, less vacanc...

Since I mostly just look and give instructions to the Super, it was a real "turn back the clock" moment for me recently when I was trying to meet an inspection deadline-not enough manpower to get everything done. The...

I was initially trying to invest in locations within 1-2 hours driving distance of where I live in Northern VA, but then it occurred to me that that's a very limiting approach.  But how do I invest out of state?  How ...

Hello everyone! My name is Candice. I am a single mother of three in Houston. I have always had an intense interest in real estate & would absolutely love to be a full-time real estate investor, but have grown dis...

Hi,I purchased a house recently and my property manager did make-ready repairs in it. Nothing serious (not a fully-fledged rehab). There are a couple of issues with it, though, and I want to understand how you would r...

My wife and I are buy and hold investors from Happy Valley (Portland, Oregon).  We've learned some lessons over the years, bought and sold several properties and always kept my wife's first home as a rental.  We are j...