HI BP- Community,I am a new investor and have been studying real estate investing for quite some time from the sideline. The time has come to get my feet wet and actually make something happen. However, I feel that I ...

I'm curious about something and I think it can provide some insight to new investors also.  Basically if you had an 18 year old who came to you today and expressed interest in RE investing what would you tell them? Th...

If you had a million dollars and it was the only million you had sitting in a money market account drawing less than 1% per year how would you invest it?

First off, I’m a true believer in the saying “If you have a dream in life, you should seek and follow the path to obtain it!” In late 2006 we saw the real estate bubble come into play and wreak havoc on the housing in...

Hello everyone,I'm a newbie real estate investor in the beginning stages of saving money for a down payment on a multifamily buy and hold. I'm currently looking at the area surrounding the Garfield Park Conservatory. ...

National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun recently wrote an article stating that we're in a "Bizarre Market" in which he stated "With a strong economy and the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, m...

Greetings everyone.As some of you know, I'm building a new house in San Jose, documented here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/522/topics/154... , which scheduled to be finished in a couple of months.  So I'm itch...

Hey folks,Roughly how much value does adding a legal ADU to a duplex and converting it to a triplex bring? The duplex is in the Inner Sunset in San Francisco, and the 2 existing units are 2BR/1BA 1200-1300 square feet...

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I've been investing for 16 years and am trying to thoughtfully consider the best strategies moving forward in somewhat uncertain times. Most of my career I have been in the "re-fi till you die" camp but have b...

Hey All,I have a background in Civil Engineering working for around 40 years doing land development, floodplains, and waste management work, among other things. I stopped for a while to do life coaching and energy wor...