I live in Long Island, NY.  This is an expensive area to get started up as a first time Real estate investor as most 2 families and up are in the $400k and up range. My other option is owning a property out of state...

Hi, for the experts who are investing for appreciation, will you invest in a negative cash flow property if the appreciation is almost certain? The property I am thinking about is a ~1.3M purchase, no rehab necessary,...

Hi everyone,Anyone have experience with buying a duplex as your primary residence but not actually living there and renting it out? Contrary to living in one side and renting out the other? Legality of it, tax implica...

Tenants have been in place for 7 years and for the most part have been good with regard to paying and following rules. I raised the rent one year ago by $100. (First increase.) Still below market but it's a big place ...

So, I guess to start out I'll give a brief background about myself.  25 year old, working full time and saving literally every penny to fund my first real estate deal.  So far, I've manged to save up $20,000.  For the...

I’ve been researching alternative financing options for my second property. I have seen that New American Funding, Newfi, and Griffin Funding have a 40 year mortgage with the first 10 years being interest only while t...

I am a new investor and looking to get into my first rental property. I have a few different opportunities but my question is: for your first rental property, would you want something that cash flows good with bad app...

Hello all.

A situation has come up and I need some advice from the experienced guys and gals on this forum.

My father owns a duplex (1/1 and 2/1) which he is currently underwater on. He is either breaking even or l...

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    As I look to invest on real estate and try to decide on an area to invest, I am caught between two parameters : Cash on Cash ROI v/s long appreciation rate. Places that have a higher appreciation rate have a h...

Hello everyone,I'm here in South Orange County, California (Lake Forest/Irvine area). Learned about BiggerPockets like many others have...through the podcasts. I'm very new to the Real Estate field and I'm in the "edu...