The BiggerPockets community comes to life October 2–4 at the Hilton Orlando for BPCON2026. It’s three days packed with investing strategies, networking, and real conversations with people actively building wealth through real estate. This year’s speaker lineup includes: Morgan Housel — bestsellin...
Hello, I am in the early stages and need to build my team before I buy. I'm also trying to learn how to analyze the deals myself rather than just relying on someone else to tell me whether a property is a good deal. I am working on understanding ARV, comps, rehab costs, rental comps, DSCR, refina...
After about 4 years of going all in on investing in real estate, I have tried regular buy and hold, BRRRR, and house hacking in multiple markets, and I can now say that they all SUCK. I started out getting hyped by all the BP books and went through any information I could get my hands on to make ...
Most of us use AI to check out work, generate answers and general queries. I've been actively experimenting with a combination of creating a second brain of my RE work (e.g. deals, statuses, analysis etc) and utilizing AI to create systems for repeatable workflows (e.g. lead qualification, identi...
I’m a first-time buyer in Connecticut trying to decide the smartest way to get into real estate. I’m a single father with a young child, so renting out bedrooms to roommates isn’t something I’m interested in. If I house hack, it would need to be a multifamily where my child and I have our own pri...
Im learning more about affordable housing and Section 8. With my existing rentals; all are non subsidized private pay tenants. My questions specifically revolves around larger homes 4-5 bedrooms. What are your experiences with finding and retaining tenants for larger properties? Ive got a 5 bedro...
I just passed my real estate exam and I’m trying to figure out the best next steps. My goal is to eventually get into real estate investing, particularly multifamily/house hacking and building a portfolio over time. I also want to use my real estate license as a way to gain experience, build a ne...
Hi, I'm 18 years old and a senior in high school. I'm new to the BiggerPockets website and forum. I'm choosing to not go to college next year because I don't believe it takes a degree to become financially independent with real estate. I want to gain experience and get involved with real estate. ...
I would like to get some investors' opinions on the pros and cons they have experienced on renewing a tenant's lease or just letting them go month to month. If you have a good tenant and don't want them to leave, does it make sense to do a renewal and risk them denying the renewal and even potent...
Hello I'm an out of state investor that would like to get into BRRRRs. The problem is I'm out of state! I was wondering if there is such a thing as a project manager or something similar that oversees everything, to include the sale, GC, walkthroughs, and lastly the handoff to the property manage...
So I've been wanting to invest in real estate for about 2 years now. I've listened to audio books, podcasts ect. I've decided for my first property I'd like to do a House Hack and buy a small Duplex. And I figure that getting a FHA would be the right move. I've saved up a total of 5k for a down p...
Most agents think they have a "leads" problem. They don't they have a pipeline problem, and it's usually leaking at one specific stage, not everywhere at once. There are four stages every deal moves through: someone finds you, you figure out if they're serious, you stay in their face until they a...
You get to meet people exactly where they are. Find whatever they're genuinely the best at, and use it fully. Respect them. Hear them out. Pay them well. Then watch them go around telling everyone how good you are, when they did the physical work. Most people never get this far, because most peop...
There’s so much information out there that it can be hard to know what to focus on location, the neighborhood, the property’s condition, future development, tenant demand, and so on. For those of you who have been investing for a while, what’s one thing you wish you had paid more attention to whe...
Hey BP Community, I’ve been following the discussions here for a while and wanted to officially introduce myself. My path into property management started with a legal background. While practicing law, I saw firsthand how quickly a small oversight in a lease, a delayed maintenance request, or an ...
Hello all, I am looking into Kissimmee, FL are for buying real estate. There are many SFH on sale with longer days on market. I am wondering how's the STR amd LTR there currently?Looking to connect with local real estate agents. Thanks, Anisa
I am genuinely just getting started with the whole process, bought a house at end of May, talked to one accountant so far. I currently house hack and am trying to make decisions to set myself up going forward, very early on. He is saying I cant deduct any expenses of any kind essentially from the...
Hi All! Looking to get started and buy a duplex in the Philadelphia suburbs in late spring / early summer of 2027. Currently putting money away for a down payment. Looking to buy a duplex as my first property and live in one unit and rent out the other. I'd like to buy a duplex that needs some co...
I had an interesting conversation with an investor recently about something I think a lot of people wrestle with. He had enough cash to put significantly more money into a deal and reduce his borrowing costs. But his response was basically, “Then what happens when the next deal shows up?” That st...
How are other small private lenders handling draw requests without a dedicated draw team? The pattern I keep running into, talking to lenders with a handful of rehab loans: draw requests are the one part of servicing that doesn't scale down cleanly. A bank has a whole draw department. A solo lend...
Hi everyone. I am starting my real estate investment strategy in Pittsburgh, PA, planning to buy and hold properties as-is for three years to build cash reserves before moving there to oversee major value-add renovations and cash-out refinances. I am deciding between three paths: Option 1: Buy on...
This isn't a tool recommendation. It's a mindset shift that most STR owners resist until they see the data. We stopped anchoring on nightly rate and started anchoring on RevPAR vs. the comp set. The difference sounds small but it completely changes how you make pricing decisions. When you anchor ...
Projects rarely go exactly according to plan. Budgets change. Timelines change. Scope changes. Communicating those changes early can help everyone respond before a small issue becomes a major one. Lenders, what’s the communication mistake you see borrowers make most often?
Who Are You Helping Over the Wall? I hear the phrase “self-made” thrown around a lot in business and real estate. I’m not sure I believe it exists. Sure, you might have found the deal, signed the note, taken the risk and stayed up until 2 a.m. trying to figure out why the numbers stopped making s...
I have a duplex on the east side of Cleveland that has a significant amount of knob and tube. The quotes I’m getting are fairly large (as high as $96k). My insurance is going to be dropping me unless I get it fixed. Are there other insurers that will cover this? I’d prefer to put off this project...
I think every investor eventually asks this question: “Should I manage the property myself?” I've done the math in my head too. Why pay someone else when I can do it myself? Then you get a tenant calling at 2:00 AM because something is leaking... Suddenly that management fee doesn't look so bad. ...