I'm exploring the idea of buying a single-family home in South Austin and turning the garage into a self-contained living space that I would live in and rent out the main house. The idea would be to use that space as ...

Hello, Bigger Pockets colleagues! This is my first post and it's a question I've been wanting to ask for a long time. I keep reading about investors purchasing properties in need of major work and completing all renov...

this is a new one for me, and wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this, or at least has some ideas... had a flip go on the market, and right away we got a few offers. we're under contract currently, but th...

It's an interesting experience to work on a property you rehabed a long time ago - some of my first rental properties are now long enough in service that I have to start making some repairs. And I am shocked with some...

My wife and I just put our earnest money down, and contracted on our first deal.  It's a wholesale deal in our own neighborhood, and a hoarder house... it's on the outskirts of the neighborhood, but we're very excited...

...I finally had to evict my first Tenant. I've threatened eviction before, even filed the documents and had a court date, but have never made it to the hearing before now.  These tenants were placed by a former prope...

Toledo's Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority...LMHA which administers the Section 8 program seems to have had a difficult 2016 and 2017 doesn't seem much better.I've been renting to Section 8 for seven years n...

I purchased a house in East Austin close to the airport to fix and resale.  House on slab is not level...  one bedroom in front corner of the house is higher than the rest of the house by about 3.5" to 4".    Independ...

First flip done! Thanks everyone for your help throughout the process! It wasn't always easy, and I had to get my hands dirty on a couple things, but all and all, it was a success. We had multiple offers within the ...

Hi guys, I am looking at a condo that could use some updating in the kitchen, bathroom, and flooring.  The area that I am investing is an upscale area where I can achieve $1,000+ in rent for 1br apartments.  The prope...