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Is anybody currently investing in the Newark NJ area? I know the city has been improving and trying to drive in new businesses over for last 10 years. Just wondering if anyone has been investing in properties here rec...
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I’m struggling to wrap my head around the reality of negative cash flow. I’ve been exploring multi-family properties for house hacking in both the Philadelphia and Boston areas for several months, focusing on the chea...
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Thank you for opening my post.I was haphazardly dumping cash in San Diego rental properties since 2006.I don't call it investing, because I had no idea what I was doing. Fortunately, I got in on the upswing of 2012 -2...
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An upcoming episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast will feature BOTH @Amanda Han and @Brandon Hall answering YOUR questions about taxes - the new tax laws and how they affect regular people AND real estate investors.Wha...
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So i've met a real Estate broker here in MN who owns a real estate company in Woodbury, and i was told that Wholesaling in Real Estate in Minnesota is illegal and i can get finned, can trialed. I'm a Junior in college...
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Hi BP, I have been researching, reading and listening to everything I can find in REI for the last few months. I feel that settling on the plan to follow is the biggest hurdle. I am pretty sure I now understand my inv...
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There seems to be a lot of fear of attractive conservative brunettes to the point that they have to attacked as "stupid" by people who never really qualify that statement and when they do qualify it, it turns out they...
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The 2% rule TEST is a quick screening tool for rentals. It says:"The monthly rent should be about 2% of the purchase price for a rental to be a good cash flowing rental"I really don't know when People here started us...
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Hello,Am i being unreasonable by telling my handy man that these charges are too much. He said he went online and searched for average charges. My argument is he should use local comparisons not national. And i coul...