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Hello Bigger Pockets community. My name is Brett Sheeran. I live in Arlington, VA. I'm an aspiring investor and looking to acquire my first investment property. Ideally this would be a multi-family property that I can...
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Hi folks,
Nice to meet you all. I am a newbie investor and looking to begin kickstart journey. I'd like to your feedback on two options I'm considering. I've read many discussion on this forum, but nothing really com...
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When running numbers on an investment property, I focus more on equity growth than monthly cash flow.
Here’s why:
If I can acquire a property at a low basis and add significant value, I can:
1) Sell and reinves...
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Hi All,
My wife and I bought our first property (townhouse) in 2016 in Richmond, BC where we are currently living with our 4-year-old son. We also bought another property (house in North Vancouver) in 2017 when our t...
Hey all,
My name is Layton, I'm 25 and located in Western PA. I've been following BiggerPockets for a while now on YouTube and decided it was time to join the online forums.
I have a passion for entrepreneurship an...
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Currently I'm in Italy as my wife gets her US Visa. In the meantime, I'd like to get my Texas Real Estate License, but would like to know if I could do a few deals remotely before return back stateside to Texas, and c...
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Hey BG community!My name is Adriano. I'm a newbie investor looking to acquire my first rental property down in Tampa, Florida. I grew up in Tampa but currently live in New York but I feel the most comfortable investin...
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Hello.
Anyone have experience doing a Construction/Improvement 1031 Exchange? I would be interested in learning more about the profitability and pitfalls. Thank you.
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My wife and I have become increasingly interested in diversifying our portfolio and investing in real estate. Most of our non-liquid assets are invested in a low-cost, globally diversified ETF portfolio, but see a lot...
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I've just got 2 vacant lots and 1 lot with a dilapidated house on it under contract all for $11,000. The properties are located in Orange, TX. All three properties were acquired through a previous tax sale by the cu...