Frank Boet
Florida real state after the elections. Good or bad idea?
Florida is a great place for RE investing. Will the possibility of higher corporate taxes, a state income tax, free healthcare, $15 minimum wage and making Florida a sanctuary state impact real estate investing and re...
Brian Mcmenamin
Apple Valley, MN Property Need Advice
A co-worker of mine owns a single family split level property in Apple valley, MN. He currently lives in San Diego. He purchased the property back in 2006 for $232K with two mortgages on it. They were both ARMs that i...
Laurel DeSilvey
Duplex Investment Opportunity
Hello,I am new to BiggerPockets and am looking to get started in real estate investing. I will be moving to the Austin area within the next few months and have been on the lookout for a duplex to house hack. The marke...
Mike Welch
HOA Issue: Lender Demanding Higher Insurance Coverage
I've been managing the insurance policy renewal for my 4-unit HOA in San Francisco since 2005. Once I did some shopping around and found a broker and insurance carrier offering good rates, I've simply renewed each ye...
Teaira Jackson
New To Real Estate Investing and work on Rental Properties
Hey I’m 24 years of age and have been thinking about real estate for the past 9 months now. All I want are rental properties. I could really use a mentor and advise me with my new trade and help me get to my goal. I’m...
David Gore
Tips for Purchasing Office Building with Tenant Leases Expiring
Hello,I'm planning to go under contract on my first commercial deal to purchase an office building with 3 tenants. However, the leases for 2 of the tenants will be expiring less than a month after closing. One of the ...
Brandon Ingegneri
Appropriate time frame for snow removal
In the last year, my partner and I have added quite a few multi family properties to our New England based portfolio. In that time, we have gotten increasingly busy and no longer do the snow removal ourselves due to t...
Juan F. Saa
Am I that far off in this small rehab cost estimate?
I am a newbie in the whole repair estimation process so I am seeking opinions on what I am missing. I ran an exercise after reading the J. Scott's Estimating Rehab Costs book to estimate the cost of replacing the fron...
Robert McCormick
Seasoning Requirements for Gift Funds (FHA vs Conventional)
I'm looking to purchase my first property in the very near future. (Duplex househack in North Jersey) I have 5% of the purchase price saved up + enough for closing costs, immediate repairs and reserves (roughly 5 mont...
Heather Hanoski
Paying taxes on rental income
End of last year I moved, and started renting our my old condo. I have been wanting to get into real estate investing for some time, but for other reasons I have not been able to. I thought this would be a good way to...