In the meantime, we may also want to renovate our current home to increase its overall and/or rental value.The plan is to scale our real estate investment portfolio pretty aggressively after our next purchase.

Is it any harder now to find a deal or is it the same as always, just a different group that learned that real estate actually does require work?

Taking a break from real estate for a while - it's been a stressful 2 years.

@Karolina Powell Once you get into the commercial world, it's a bit different than residential real estate because it's very much a "buy at your own risk" situation. 

This can often lead to bad purchased since neither focus on the fundamentals of the underlying real estate which is what ultimately drives value, appreciation and net profit.

Please let us know at biggerpockets.com/guest For this round we're specifically looking for folks who are now real estate investors who fall into one of two experiences:Did you start your real estate journey with a significant amount of savings you were able to stockpile to start your investing journey from a well paying full-time job?

I don't know if you're on Facebook, but there are some off market real estate groups for various towns/cities.

I would think that if the tenant is paying for the addition, they would want to have a minimum of a 5 year lease, if not a 10 year lease in place in order to pay for the improvements.As in any real estate investment it is risk reward, I think with the current market and a stable vet tenant, that if you can get a 5+ year lease, it would be worth it to let them expand.If you are worried about value, you could always talk to a commercial real estate appraiser.

Use accounting software and hire a real estate accountant to do your taxes. 

Hello everyone,My name is TarUWay and i've always wanted to do real estate and now I'm taking real action in order to do so.I just graduated from University and I am looking to get started with a House Hack using FHA financing in the Atlanta Metro area.