For those of you doing new construction, do you use an architect or a drafts person for your your designs? When you start the design, do you know the style you want or does the architect make those decisions? What do ...

I am in the process of purchasing my 2nd and 3rd properties with conventional financing from the same lender. Originally, I planned to put 20% down on both properties because I thought that it was a REQUIREMENT that i...

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I am new to bigger pockets, but I do have experience in real estate investing with SFH rentals in Northeast PA.  Due to horrible, and I mean horrible property managers in the area (the one known as being t...

Hi,I'm about to close on a property in Seattle area. The property is 3B1B and I plan to add an extra bathroom it 3B2B. However the layout is not very straightforward (like below). I should add that there's stairs to t...

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I'd like some advice on the max purchase price (MPP) of my first investment property. Using the 70% method, I'm coming up with a MPP of $57,500, using another method previously posted on BP (Det...

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I was wondering what everybody's opinion is of making loans in second position. Under what circumstances is it alright to consider a loan in second position? Thanks in advance!

I am in escrow on a commercial/industrial complex with 3 fully rented warehouse buildings and a dirt lot in the back corner.  Currently the tenants are storing construction equipment and personal RVs in the lot for fr...

Ladies and gents, here is a link to the photos of my latest finished rehab.

I wish I had some good before shots so she the extent of work done. With the exception of the den and cabinets, this was nearly a comple gu...

Hey All,It's been pretty quiet up here in the Canadian section so figured I would quit lurking and ask some questions and hopefully start some discussion. I've been cruising trying to absorb as much information and se...

Here's an interactive map that uses the 2000 and 2010 census data.  http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map?ref=usNotice the following:Larger, expensive cities have not seen large percentage increases in populatio...