Matt Hindt
Rookie Investor - Eastern NC
Hi BiggerPockets members. My name is Matt and I am a rookie investor that is currently looking for my first rental property. I want to stay in the Eastern NC area for my first property due to ease of travel and famili...
Lance Anderson
Bank sees Carryover losses seen as liability in refinancing
Currently have 3 rentals carrying legit losses on my tax return for a number of years now. I understand that this will be useful when I sell, in order to reduce my capital gains tax. It also reduces my AGI from my 9-5...
Mario Ortiz
How I started with homes and ended making $8 million
Hey there everyone. I wanted to share my story because it seems that this business, if done consistently, can be very lucrative. It has some room for error and you don’t need to be a genius to do it (as I have prove...
Mark French
New Investor - Where to focus efforts
Hi Everyone, 1st post from a beginner investor, here goes:My wife is away for 3 days and my 2y/old and 4y/old will be at school from 9am to 1:30pm for 3 days (Wed/Thurs/Fri). I'm trying to come up with a plan how to s...
Kamuela Haasenritter
Landlord/Tenant laws in Cobb county & Kennesaw
Hi all - I am new to REI and looking to acquire my first SFH to rent to college students in the Kennesaw area where my son goes to school. I have looked all over the internet and called several Cobb county offices an...
Christopher Bannister
Newbie from Philadelphia, PA
Hello everyone, I'm a newbie investor looking forward to get started with my real estate journey. To be clear, I'm not looking for cash investors, hand-outs, or someone to do all my dirty work, I'm a very hard-worker...
Pamela Shepard Schagren
Short term rental resources
Hey everyone! I'm new to REI and am interested in growing wealth and income streams with SFHs and long term rentals. However, I've recently grown intrigued with Short term rentals in tourist markets as another way to...
Ben Wilde
LOC on San Antonio and Austin Investment Properties (Texas)
I have two duplexes, and have more than 50% equity in both of them. Each property is worth about 200K. In addition, I have about 60K (and growing) in personal cash set aside to invest. Because of this strong financ...
Rob McCollum
How to scale as a new investor and buy back time
I have a well paying job, but it’s very demanding of my time. My goal is to invest in real estate to eventually displace my W2 income to have more flexibility with my time and more time with my family. I live in sout...
Michael Crist
Help Understanding Appraisal
Hello! I’m pretty new to real-estate investing. I have one property that was silly easy to work with because my partner got it from his family a decade ago for a fraction of what it goes for today. I’m looking at gett...