I finally got a deal! I'm in the process of completing my first deal. It is a duplex. I'm doing a fha 203k loan. I'm going to live in one side and rent the other out. I want to get some thoughts from others. Purchase ...

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I have a few single family rentals (Oregon and Texas) and they're doing great, and I have a large amount of equity in each house. I live in Oregon and am purchasing a storage facility in Texas for $450k, th...

We are real estate developers, licensed in real estate and construction. We don't really work real estate as agents, other than to list and show our own properties, and purchase land for projects. Same with constructi...

For about 2 1/2 years, I have been Self-Employed. According to my tax return, last year I broke even. While my income has increased drastically this year, I will still have some deductions. I've been thinking about fi...

I have read this term, for example, "buy it 30% below market value" or something similar a lot on BP.My question to you all is, isn't market value relative to what people would sell it for anyway? So how do you know o...

Good Morning! I am new to Bigger Pockets and I look forward to engaging on these boards for the mutual benefit of myself and others who I can share my experience with and help. I have already learned a ton from liste...

Hello BP!I'm James Davis from San Diego, California. Actually I live in Chula Vista, CA which is a neighboring city of San Diego.  I have no experience in real estate except owning my own house which I rented out for ...

Been waiting to make the post for a long time..To preface: I found BP two years ago (when I was 19). However, only recently have I felt qualified to make an account and offer my opinions to the other members on the si...

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So we are trying to start getting our ducks in a row before we start shopping for our first property. I don’t want my wife and I to fall in love with a deal and jump on it before we have everything r...

I was just listening to Elizabeth Colegrove on podcast 103.  She is obviously a very bright investor who is currently doing what I call the W.E.B. Griffin RE investing strategy.  Basically, buying a house at every dut...