Hello BiggerPockets - my name is Randy and my goal is to create a portfolio of buy & hold properties that generate cash flow. Currently, I am in the tail-end of cleaning up my credit and while doing that, I've bee...

Hi, I'm in California, looking at Texas or Indiana for a SFH rental house. I will finance w/ a conventional mortgage. Is there any advantage to using a mortgage lender here in Calfornia vs using one in Texas (or where...

I live in Southern California and am a W2 employee.I own my primary property and one investment property. (I intend to expand my portfolio? I am looking for a real estate savvy CPA. To help maximize tax savings- I am ...

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I usually either do all the letters myself or have outsourced it to my VA> However, I am growing and can't manage all the letters and neither can my VA, but I don't want to hire another VA that I d...

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I currently live in Arizona and my brother and I have been looking to invest in some properties outside of Arizona. We currently have a few here in Arizona we bought when market was low and they cash flow real...

Hi BP community,Im a first time home buyer and I need some advise on where to start with seeking a conventional loan.  My girlfriend and I are planning to buy a MF in either cape coral or port charlotte. We'd like to ...

So I'm in the Washington D.C. area and have MLS access through my real estate agent's site, listingbook.com and frankly, I think it's lousy. I'm very aware that common consensus is that the MLS beats other website...

I just had a bank-ordered appraisal done as part of a refi. I was extremely happy with the results. The appraiser has valued some of my other properties in the past, and I've always been happy.I'd like to give him a g...

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Im not sure if this is the right spot for this question- but our company recently begun managing other commercial assets outside our own portfolio (we gained 6 new commercial clients in la...

I've been looking at tools like rentometer.com and trying to figure out rents in residential area's like single family and it seems like its way off in most cases. is there something I'm missing? what do you use, or h...