Hello Bpfamily,
Im looking to get some advice. I am a new investor trying to get started. Currently I own a single family home which I reside in. I would like to either purchase a multi family home or buy another sin...

How do you determined a capitalization rate? I was curious what is the current capitalization rate for a home right now? Since I want to determine a house value and I know it's based on capitalization rate, then how d...

I was playing around on Zillow last night and did a rental search. In the town next to mine, there were 360 rental houses needing tenants in the Houston area. Should this be a cause for concern jumping into this real ...

Since I get these questions a lot - I thought going out to the BP community to see what they think might be educational.As a private lender, I've discovered the term is very ambiguous and vague to borrowers. There are...

Hi All,

I'm researching buying a large 4-5 bedroom house in the suburbs of Boston and converting to light special needs housing.

A few questions?

-does the property need to be zoned commercial?

- does the town ne...

Hi All-    I've read many contradicting things with regards to how Dodd Frank impacts seller financing, both here on BP and elsewhere.  In particular if it applies to non-owner occupied properties, or raw land, what e...

Hello everyone!
As I continue to absorb as much information as I can, I find myself with more questions than answers (which is normal I guess). I also find myself trying to narrow my focus down a bit to a specific ty...

On a different thread, I was challenged by my usual sparring partner @Eamonn McElroy. Our purely theoretical disagreement was over a $100k excavator to be used in a rental business, which I'd call a stretch to even co...

Hi Bigger Pockets,I have had an interest in getting into real estate investment for quite some time now. My partner recently closed on his first multi-family property and now that the "idea" (but no longer just an ide...

I'm very interested in starting a part-time wholesaling operation in D.C., but I have some questions to pose to experienced wholesalers and investors in the area. I've read about how Ohio and some other states are cra...