Real estate investing has its ups and downs, but nothing could have prepared me for my rental property catching fire on the 4th of July. My neighbor’s fireworks went rogue, setting my house ablaze and forcing my tenan...

"Your success as an investor will be determined by how you respond to punctuated moments of terror, not the years spent on cruise control." - The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
In real estate, it's not the smo...

Hello everyone,I am new to real estate investing I love reading all of your advice and details on the deals you're working on , I stay in Milwaukee and we have a lot of foreclosed, boarded up homes if anyone is willin...

Reside in Little Elm, Purchased multiple homes ( owner Occ only ) looking too jump into y first property , learn from mentors , info , books , videos etc. hoping too meet locals open too sharing info with motivated Ne...

Hi BiggerPockets Community,
I’m relocating to Danbury, CT, from Reading, PA, after accepting a new job. Coming from an area where rents are much lower (a 2-bed, 1-bath, 1,500 sqft rental averages $1,270/month), I was...

Hello All, I will be in a very good spot to being building my buy and hold strategy in the next few months and I am curious as to what everyone sees as the appropriate amount to have in reserves when buying your first...

With the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 a lot of people have questions about what the impact to the real estate market will be. Only time will tell, of course, but for now I've got the numbers for listings of Single...

Quick question for my apartment owners. How much money do you set aside for maintenance? For single family houses I usually plan on keeping 10% of the purchase price. For example $100,000 keep a maintenance fund aroun...