I recently paid off my home and i am interested in purchasing another home/duplex for the rental income. Banks are telling me that because i own a home i would have to pay 20-25% for the down payment because it would ...

My wife and I are in the early stages of exploring an opportunity we've come across...I'm curious for opinions.  But first a brief background:  I've been a BP member for nearly a year, and just went pro (scored the 'o...

I've recently purchased a 1950 three bedroom, one bathroom 972 sq ft single family home. We paid $67,500 plus $1,600 in closing costs for the place. Experience from our first rental, rent will range from $1,100 to $1,...

Hello all,The subject line may be a bit overdramatized...but maybe not?  Just listed a finished rehab on Apjones last week. It’s not the greatest and nicest ever, but it’s solid and was decently priced. A bit on the h...

Hello all. I am new to bigger pockets and one could say new to real estate investing. I am in the process of acquiring my first multifamily rental property. One of the issues im having is getting familiar with the zon...

I have been saying this for awhile that the market is frothy and that IF you buy larger multifamily you better be using conservative underwriting numbers.Those placing money into properties with the prediction of abov...

I don’t know where to start! For the past few months i have been educating myself on buy and hold properties. There is so much controversy on whether buying single family rentals is better than multi family, vice vers...

This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.

When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...

We just finished up one of our rehabs and as some of you may know, our company just recently adopted the green/energy efficient strategy. We've been rehabbing homes since 2011 but jumped onto the green scene when we r...