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I'm looking at 1031 exchanging one of my houses in Seattle to Florida as a vacation rental. The houses are nice and prices are relatively low. But it's 1 hour away from Orlando, doubt that's going to ABNB well. So que...
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Hello Everyone : My name is Amit and I am a newbie from northern Atlanta burbs. I am excited to be part of the Bigger pockets community and amazed to find awesome experts here who share their experiences and wealt...
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I'm here in Southern California, I invest in the Antelope Valley and I've got my first Direct Mail campaign that just arrived as of today. As I was reading one of the bigger pockets articles, I noticed that Los Angele...
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Is there any areas in FL that seem like they could be great opportunities for long term holds? Does anyone have any experience with rental property ownership and could share their experience in areas that are great / ...
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Hi ,
I'm looking for feedback on solar panels on my personal home in Massachusetts. I am in need of a new roof soon and have been looking into solar panels on my roof as an option to cut my electric bill. I would only...
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This may be a long read for some but just wanted to put my story out there just to start something… what I’m not sure yet but let’s see what happens.In mid-2000s, during the subprime market, I began flipping homes in ...
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A friend recently asked me to compare two Houston zip codes, 77008 and 77063, from an investment perspective.
Now, I'm a big fan of Texas, but the first thing I said to him was that the weather is HORRENDOUS. Anythin...
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PART 1: INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE, the Why, the Where, the What, the How, and the How Much:
In mid-2017 my wife and I decided to go back to what had been one of our passions in the mid-90's, the ownership and manageme...
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Hi, my name is Hector and I decided to get into the Real Estate world last year. I live in Lancaster, CA and own a single family home rental. I have been a lurker on these forums and soaked up a lot of knowledge so th...
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Hey Everyone,There has been some good discussion about Gastonia lately, particularly in this thread started by @Johnny Szeto. While there has been some excellent discussion and some anecdotal evidence shared by @Ty...