Is it a good idea to pay an appraiser to come to your property to help give ideas to increase your property value, other than appreciation and some renovations on your own? I’m converting a garage to an additional bed...

I've been looking at buying my first investment property-a duplex in Upstate NY using a loan from my employer retirement fund. The numbers look good with a cash flow of about $200/month from the current tenants.  Mort...

Ill try to make a long story short. After doing about 6 months worth of homework I was almost ready to jump in, currently living near Tampa, FL my family was going to sell our house with a lot of equity and make a mov...

Hi members,

If you are not familiar with local area cap rates, what will be a safe range for it?

Assuming it's a multifamily property (under 24 units) in a C neighborhood (not a war zone), built year is...

I am looking to take my first leap into real estate investing.... My mother and step-father own three investment properties in the Philadelphia area that they rent and have had for years and so I learned a lot from th...

Hello everyone,

My name is Brian and I am from Seattle, Washington. I just started my real estate investment career by renting my primary residence while I am away, working for the Army. My goal is to gain kn...

Hello BP, I'm a longtime lurker and religious listener of the podcasts.  I just haven't gotten around to introducing myself until now.  I'm Steve, I currently live in Bangkok, Thailand and am a pilot in the US Air For...

I'm considering buying timber land and I'm trying to figure out how to do calculations to determine good deals. My ideal situation is to find arbitrage opportunities where the price of the land is less then what the v...

"Cash" in the real estate realm seems to be a relatively simple concept, but I'm often confused as a newer investor because I feel as if the term is thrown around often but has a different meaning for different instan...

I have been researching and saving money for well over 2 years now and I feel like I'm at the point where I'm ready to really find the right property and make a purchase.

I'm planning on using the property to rent o...