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I've lived in the Knoxville area for about a year and I'm trying to find a good way to break into the local real estate market. I've been doing research on renting properties, etc., but I'm not sure where to start - w...
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Ok BP Nation, who would've known it was so hard to get financing with poor credit and no savings...yes that's me and not afraid to admit it, I'm an open book who's honest and upfront. I met a wholesaler thru here tha...
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I am new to investing and would like to know how some of you find financing. For fix and flips, do you have to have your own savings for things like earnest money and down payment? Or can you use a hard money lender t...
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Hey, I am new to BP. I started RE investing before really knowing the ABCs. Now I am seeking some help to decide if I should sell a rental unit. I bought a condo unit for 388k in 2017 ( I live in a high cost area). Th...
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Hello, I am a new member to this website and real estate in General. I'm located in Orange county CA, and looking to buy a rental property somewhere out of state. I have about 20k I could invest and wondering if I sho...
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We're moving to the Austin area soon and we're trying to figure out whether or not to buy or rent and if we buy, what kind of house we should get. I've tried to ask this in a general way, but for anyone who knows the ...
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Hello BP community,when obtaining insurance for your new investment property, what balance between the deductible and total premium do you look for?Does it matter to you if the deductible is as small as possible and t...
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Hello everyone,
I have been listening to BiggerPockets for about 1 year now. I’ve always been interested in real estate but the numbers have scared me. Listening to the podcast has changed that but I’m starting to re...
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Hello everyone,Recently I've been looking into the logistics of become a section 8 landlord. This was recommended to me by my agent based off of the class neighborhoods I'm interested in investing in. Based on budgeti...
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Just starting out in real estate investing. Looking for shells and other low cost properties within the city. Any advice where to search and/or agents that specializes in buy/sell investment properties? Thanks