Hi all,First...wow there's a lot of information in this forum. There's so much info on there and the community is great. I'm trying to make it a habit to browse random forums everyday, rather than my random news sites...

This post relates primarily to California:

Hard money loans are often made at rates that exceed usury interest limitations. On hard money loans, California trust deeds can be exempt from usury interest limitations u...

Hey everyone!!!! Hope you guys are doing fine regardless this Pandemic. I am new to this forum and would really appreciate some advice. TIAI and my husband are planning on buying a house in Pocono. We have recently be...

I am encouraged to research further into the Baltimore buy and hold rental market due to the rent to value numbers. My intention is to buy and hold a stack of SFH's in a good cash flow area. It appears from my initial...

Hi BiggerPockets community, I am considering purchasing a STR and being an active participant for the opportunity to deduct the STR losses (notably deprecation) against my W2 job. I have been doing a lot of research h...

I am in the due diligence period on a short sale. The inspector found mold in multiple places in the finished basement. The house has been empty since July and the utilities were turned off. I think that is the ...

Title catch your attention? Good, because this is the (incorrect) message my mind has been bombarded with for the past couple of weeks. I'll give you a bit of context to work with: I am currently taking the mandatory ...

Hi BP members,I am looking to invest in a SFH that cost about $400,000.  With 20% down the property will negative cash flow $500/mo.  It breaks even @40% down.  One lender advised me it's better to negative cash flow ...

Recently two of the higher end suburbs (Broadview Heights & Seven Hills) in the Cleveland market banned short term rentals. Source ArticleI never got involved in the Airbnb craze myself. Not my business model. I'v...

Ok - i'll admit, the subject line of this post is a bit sensational.  I'm not going to jail. Not for this anyway. (But maybe for my killer dance moves.)But here's the question i'll pose to the BiggerPockets crowd. (I'...