Hello BiggerPockets!I'm a beginner, 25 years old and living in Austin, Tx. I've been lurking: reading the forums, blogs, and listening to podcasts for a few months now and have finally mustered up the courage to intro...

New guy here! What is the advantage of beginning with a private loan or interest only loan, then going to a bank loan 12 months later when getting an investment property to hold on to? Why not start it off with a down...

Hi all!My name is Matt!  I'm new on here and an aspiring real estate investor.  I still have lots to learn and figure out but I'm super excited.  I just purchased my first property about two months ago.   At this poin...

Polling investors with properties in North Carolina - do most of you incorporate your LLCs that own those properties within the state of North Carolina, or do you opt for an REI-friendly state for your LLCs and file a...

Hey everyone. Im reading Marty Boardman's book 'Fixing and Flipping Real Estate'. I'm reading the section on aquiring Pre-Forclosures. I feel like I could follow the steps he suggests and do it with confidence. I don'...

I was just curious if anyone here on BP had any experience or insight into the city of Milwaukee window replacement program?I was just reading about it for the first time yesterday.  This is grant money that is being ...

Hello everyone,
I apologize if this is a repeat of some various topics. I'm just looking for some input as to anything I could do next that may speed up or make my goals easier to achieve. First, my short term goal is...

I have plans on converting my garage into a tiny house to do STR with. This will generate 2000-2500 at least a month once it’s up and going. Target budget for the conversion will be 35k. Reality, this conversion proba...

When buying houses to buy&hold as rentals, how important is vacancy rate to you guys and how do you figure out what the vacancy rate for an area is anyhow? What size area around the property do you care about in t...

Hey BP,I was curious on peoples thoughts on Absentee owner list. Not so much if they work or how to get them but how to increase the quality of the list that I create. All the fields are pretty much your basic stuff a...