Yesterday, I closed on my first commercial deal. It is a $2.3 million student housing deal in Oxford Ohio. I have been taught how to evaluate commercial deals from Jeff Greenberg (who was on BP #115). I am also learni...

This is my first post and before I continue, I'd like to thank the BP community for their extreme awesomeness. I have learned a lot in an incredibly short time - 3 weeks - and I see no end in sight for learning much m...

Hello,I recently sold a house in Southern California where the market is tanking so I do consider myself lucky enough to get it sold without losing a ton of money.  Anyway, what should I do with the profit?  I'm singl...

Hello Bigger Pockets Members!I am extremely glad to have found this forum after listening to the audiobook on "Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Turner.  I truly believe that "things happen for a reason."  I have ...

Unemployment claims are inching down, the economy’s Q2 numbers were revised up a bit, and the sentiment in the articles I see all point to a recovery. Is this election propaganda or are we actually seeing what will...

Hello Everyone,

Before I discovered this forum I was already looking to invest in real estate.

I am from Toronto Canada and looking to potentially invest in another province (New Brunswick).

I am working with a fel...

OK, here are the numbers for a SFR I purchased prior to knowing about BP. Numbers are bad, really really bad, but I'm wiser now, a lot wiser thanks to BP, and my next deal will be much better than this one was.

Pur...

Guys, how does a mobile home park compare to an apartment building as an investment? I was wondering about the following:

1. ROI. I have seen Jim do an MH park valuation with a 12% cap rate whereas Jon H has done ...

Interviewing husband and wife applicants to lease our almost new rental home in a new neighborhood in California. He serves in the Canadian military and will be working on a U.S. base nearby for the coming years. Says...

New to the rental property investing game and I’m just trying to determine criteria to analyze deals more efficiently. What should be my baseline for cap rate on a rental property? The areas I’m focusing on investing ...