To start my portfolio, I intend to buy a property in my area to retire my mother from New York.

To estimate closing costs and monthly expenses for a multifamily property, closing costs in New York typically range from 3-6% of the purchase price.

I've been looking at multi-families in Brownsville and East New York areas in Brooklyn. 

This would not necessarily be the case, or the spread could go the other way, though such motive could present one reason for conversion.I am not even sure if rent control gets eliminated through a possible condo conversion in most towns in Hudson County - West New York, for  base condominium rent > $1000, is one exception, it seems valuable to determine the others.

Geographically, Michigan, New York and Ohio are great states to invest in with low barriers to entry. 

Hi everyone,My name is Josh and I am currently a college senior that just received a job offer in New York City.

The crime rate in a large city like Cancun is actually lower than that of US cities like New York City or LA.

In my opinion, you can make as much money buying cheap houses as you can buying expensive homes.Affordability is an issue for a lot of Americans so I will argue cheaper cities performed better over the past 10 years than more expensive markets / houses.San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA and New York, NY are considered expensive markets.If I look at Zillow's price estimate for homes comparing 2016 and 2024San Francisco - Average Price of home was $1,145,000 and now its 1,262,000(Increase of 10%)Seattle - Average Price of home was $561,000 and now its $848,000(51%)New York - Average price was $561,000 and now its $766,000(37%)Memphis, TN, Indianapolis, IN and Clevlenad, OH are considered cheaper markets.Zillow is showing more appreciation in these markets over the same time periodMemphis - Average price was $73,000 and now its $149,000(104%)Indianapolis - Average price was $107,000 and now its $225,000(110%)Cleveland - Average price was $54,000 and now its $109,000(101%)Population increases and job growth are two indicators that result in appreciation.Two of the cheaper markets listed above(Memphis and Cleveland) are not increasing in population.

I am wondering if there is any market in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, or Washington DC that would "make sense" to house hack given my financial position? 

Hi all, My name is James and located in New York City.