OK I've been in this business for many years, and have NEVER gone to any types of networking meetings (other than stuff with MLS) We lived in a small city, where our product was in demand, and there were no ne...

I am currently looking for a multi-family house in the Somerville area and am running into an appraisal issue when putting in offers. I was just recently beat out on an offer as another buyer completely waived their a...

I am new to running commercial deals and when looking at cap rates and NOI the numbers don't quite make sense. 
Example: 
Asking price - $1.175m
Cap - 6.36%
NOI - $74,000
Its a 5 unit in Denver, Colorado. I can s...

Hello Fellow BP Gurus! As the subject suggests, I'm trying to determine whether to dip my feet into Commercial. I've gone back and forth with the debate -- At the end of the day, I have ultimately stayed on the reside...

Hi everyone!I've been listening and watching the BP podcasts and youtube videos for years now and recently graduated from college. I've always known I wanted to get into real estate and thought what better time than n...

Hi everyone,Hopefully will be bidding on my first auction property this weekend (homesearch.com). I have read up ALOT about these deals. There are a lot of horror stories however usually there is at least someone in e...

I know the debate on leveraging has been raging for quite a while on this forum and there are several people who are pro leverage (Rich, Will, JScott) as long as it is used responsibly and there are others that talk a...

I am going on a short car trip to look at a number of properties, mostly multi-families. To my dismay, several of the properties are within a few doors of a registered sex offender. Some are pedophiles, others did vio...

Hello All.  I'm new here at Bigger Pockets.  Love all the content and blogs.  I got a question for experienced real estate investors.  I'm negotiating  a multi-house deal with a property owner that is retiring and wan...

My husband and I are new to REI. We are in the Baltimore, MD area. This is something I have had a passion to do for a long time and we are finally in the space in our lives to do it! We have done extensive research, s...