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I have a friend that has been looking for a house. She has found 2 that she really liked but when she wanted to put an offer on them her realtor wouldn't. She said the sellers (of both different houses) had paid almos...
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In most markets short term rental supply is high. And a big issue is that a good amount of the supply is from new 'investors' chasing what they thought was a get-rich-quick scheme. So the market not only has an unbala...
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Hello all:
I have a man holding a note he wishes to sell. It has a face value of 25K at 6% for five years. The payments are about $480 per month and they have made six payments. Note holder wants 21K for the note...
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BiggerPockets is excited to introduce its newest book, The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor! Taxes! Boring and irritating, right?Perhaps. But if you want to succeed in real estate, your tax st...
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I recently had a chat with the Director Of Multi-Family Prooject with Airbnb and they are reaching out to Multi-Family Investors to offer a program to help implement short-term rentals for their properties. I have tal...
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My question is about the 20% down for obtaining my second investment property. I have the cash, but I don't believe it to be wise to put down 20% if I am purchasing a property that already has 20% equity.
My current...
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My husband and I recently met a couple who were rehabbing a rental and noticed that they were driving a very nice luxurious SUV, now we learned they have had rentals for 40 years and were ready to begin to sell off s...
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My and my soon to be wife both graduated college at the same time and we make a combined $150k/year ($75k each) We are still living at home with our parents to save money, and we want to build wealth in real estate. W...
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A sign of the times. Zillow is adding climate risk scores powered by First Street for every for-sale listing on its platform.
Another Zillow survey published in September 2023 found that 83% of home shoppers conside...
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My question for anyone that escape the 9-5 rat race is. What real estate strategy did you use? Example if you had between $20,000-$70,000 to invest in real estate. How would you use that to replace your income of $...