My wife and I have owned an Airbnb since early March and are doing pretty well so far. We are in a small Midwest college town (MAC school) of about 60k people.  We pay about $1700 for mortgage, insurance, utilities ec...

Hi,I'm in a somewhat interesting position in which I have agreed to a share of the finder's fee / commission agreement, which requires a signature and a social security. I'm uncomfortable giving out my SSN and wanted ...

Hi Everyone, I'm just starting out and recently signed up for bigger pockets pro.  I am looking to connect with people who are doing out of state investing.  I have been analyzing a lot of different areas in Cincinnat...

Hi,I have a rental property in San Antonio, TX that i bought as a REO from auction.com. It looks like there is a School tax that is being charged outside of the property taxes. Is this common in TX? Ive never heard of...

Hi my is steven price i'm pretty much a rookie real estate investor i am still looking for my first but i have 3 prospective properties lined up and lucky me there all within yards of each other. Now i did join a real...

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I've been reading a lot here there the last few days. Lots of good info! I have a question. I am an older returning college student who is very interested in getting into REI ASAP. I have two years of sch...

Hey BP family,I wanted to get yall's take on something. So next year I will be graduating from college with Bachelors degree in Finance. My plan after graduation is to start real estate investing as soon as possible. ...

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How do you get confidence on the deal when you are looking at out of state deals? I came across a property which I felt was good when i ran the numbers but not sure if the location is great and will be ren...

There are endless articles and posts on BP discussing how to analyze a deal. But most focus on how to run the numbers and very few focus on how to assess the neighborhood. Putting numbers, I'd like to share some metri...

I am considering a move from New York to somewhere on the southeast. Would love to hear from others who have done it.  I am single, own a few rentals in Raleigh, and grew up in Long Island.  I am completely open but ...