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Hi, I'm Ahmed Aboelela, a rookie investor looking to make meaningful connections in the real estate community. I'm eager to learn from your experiences—what strategies or processes do you use to determine expense figu...
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Hello, I'm a relatively "new investor" looking to grow my portfolio. I put "new investor" in quotations because it was kinda by accident. Long story short I bought my initial property to live in and had to relocate ...
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Hi everyone. We're looking at a property we're thinking about buying that is located in a Flood Hazard area (as designated by FEMA). However the owner of the house next door was able to get a flood elevation certif...
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Own a 2 flat in a flood plain area. Paying huge sum to FEMA for flood insurance. To appeal for the flood insurance, i was told to obtain a elevation certification and submit it to FEMA for review on the premium. Any ...
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Im recently starting out and want to know reliable and relative (not outdated) sources for data includinf demographics and real estate statistics to analyze new markets and try to project an outlook.
Thank you
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Hello my fellow biggerpocket friends! I am currently interested in purchasing a 4 story commercial/residential building. This building is a great opportunity once remodeled. We would have to remodel all apartments and...
FLIP by Rick Villani and Clay Davis.Is this a timeless book or are there parts that arent relevant today?
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I'm in Dallas, TX and have been seeing houses being sold as high as 82% for a flip property and not sure how relevant the 70% rule is in this market? Many deals are getting bid up to about that threshold and according...
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Why is no-none talking about this? It will cap increases to 5% plus inflation and you can no longer evict at no fault after the lease is up. This is a big deal