It is no secret that expenses have increased substantially in the recent past. In the last five years, the Seattle region has seen general apartment expenses rise nearly 25%. With expenses steadily increasing, it is ...
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Hi everyone, I'm a new to this and I have a single family rental home. It's built in 1950s and a lot of the things in it are not up to current code, for example, windows in the living room and a huge piece of glass, u...
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Hey everyone!I have identified house hacking as the strategy I want to use to get into real estate investing. I wanted to reach out and see if anyone has had success house hacking in the Richmond, VA area, and if so, ...
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Hello, I'm trying to start out as a real estate investor. I have 25k saved and want to house hack but I'm running into some hurdles. Most multi-family properties in my area are either not in a good area, are too expen...
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Hi everyone!I have been debating creating an LLC or conducting business as a sole prop with DBA (doing business as). Currently, I do not have any properties. However, I plan to purchase my first rental property in t...
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Hello!My husband and I own a multi family property in Los Angeles. The front house is 3bed/2bath with a converted garage and the back is a duplex, 2bed/1.5 bath each that are both tenant occupied. We want to sell th...
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My wife and I are currently shopping around for our first property. We are trying to find a triplex so we can live in one unit and rent out the others. I'm definitely taking advantage of all the knowledge that I can g...
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Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read my question. I am currently a beginner in real estate investing, but trying to learn as much as I can to increase my knowledge in this area.I have acquired one property pre...
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Hi everyone,Recently started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast and am here to learn more!I'm still very new at this, currently, I have a rental and primary property that's mortgage-free in Ontario.A few questions...
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Hello, I am a beginner at BiggerPockets. I have been studying for the past six months by reading books and listening to podcasts, and exploring the site's flow and insights.
I am very impressed by the outstanding an...