We’ve been looking into investing into real estate and we have an opportunity to buy a duplex that has a vacant side and an occupied side. We are thinking about living in the vacant side while we build a house on our ...

Doing things this way, I have no doubt you can do better than you could with a REIT ... the OP states that he does not want to and/or can't invest hands on local, so I think the next best for a newbie that isn't going to be able to control their RE investments hands on and local is a REIT.

Hi all,I am a Newbie first-time homebuyer/landlord here, hoping for some wisdom from the community.I bought my first primary residence in Nov 2021 for $850K (20% downpayment) in San Pablo, California.

Hello BP, I’m a newbie investor and I’m a believer to never be the smartest person in the room… So I ask you all: what are newbie mistakes in Multifamily investing you typically see or have encountered yourself?

I am such a newbie at this STR consideration and am willing to admit such. 

(Also, anyone with experience in short-term rentals isn't looking to partner with a newbie anyway.)And like everyone said, check STR laws.

I'm not a total newbie, but I'm also not a seasoned veteran (yet).  

Sorry if I’m posting to the wrong section, but this was the closest topic regarding mobile/manufactured homes! I am about to buy a pre-1976 manufactured home (700 sq ft) on permanent foundation. Cost is $61k which inc...

It is about making it easy for a motivated seller to find YOU when they become motivated.Everyone just gets lost in the rabbit hole of DMM cold calling and all that jazz.If everyone just stopped, take a few steps back and for Pete's sake THINK, the answers are right in front of you.How many of you newbie wholesalers want to be a wholesaler and the first thing they do is drive for dollars, do door knocking, cold calling SMS, bandit signs, buy lists etc. etc.Have you established ANY credibility yet?

Paying $30k to sit around with other newbies is a waste as most will quit.