Hello,My name is Russ and I'm a new member from The Hudson Valley in New York. I'm looking to get into real estate to flip home with low or no cost investment at this time. I'd like to learn as much as possible from t...

Curious what the pros and cons are of buying a home in Puerto Rico. A lot of americans seem to be interested in moving there because of Act 22. Home prices seem fair, but do higher property taxes make it worth it? Loo...

Started out looking for an apartment (way to expensive) last year. (Tampa, Fl area)  Worked with a poor Real Estate agent looking for a 2/1 single family home. Fired agent.Worked with another agent who was not opene...

I currently have a rental property with substantial assets gains.  Since I will hopefully be retiring within 2-3 years, how can I avoid potential tax consequences?  Can I opt to make it a primary residence?

Greetings,Found BP a little while ago and recently joined.  I've digested a large amount of information as well as read a few of the books by BP or linked by BP.  Seems there are great opportunities our there!  For no...

Hello all,I've acquired a few properties and now I'm starting to enter the refi and purchase more phase. So hence I'm looking at some of my loans that have "PrePayment Penalties". I wanted to see what other's are expe...

Hey all,I'm in the Madison, WI market looking to get the first deal under my belt.  I got introduced to BiggerPockets about 6 months ago. Since, i've been trying to digest all I can through reading a few multifamily b...

Hi,I'm in escrow on a triplex, less than 6000 sqft lot, zoned RD 1.5 in Los Angeles. It features (1) stand-alone and (2) apartments over three two-car garages (with plenty of public tran nearby).  Part of the stand-al...

Hello all, (TL;DR version): How do you organize and submit documents to a prospective lender? Additionally, what's your process to keep those documents up-to-date?I'm in the process of finding a portfolio lender to he...

Hi everybody, I’m currently a college student in my junior year with a future plan of becoming a real estate transaction analyst. I wanted to focus on real estate investment as a long term goal and get started while b...