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I'm currently sitting on 6 buy and hold investments, and looking to acquire more, but began looking outside of my area due to very few cashflowing opportunities in my market. I've even relaxed my criteria in order to ...
Hi All,
Just wanted to post and say hi and hopefully get some advice to help push me in the right direction with my first investment property.
I currently live in NJ and am looking to invest out of state (open to N...
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For those of you that own vacation rentals, do you know of where a person can find the data on local markets related to VR? Such as rents, number of units in an area, vacancy rates, etc.?
Ann Watkins
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Hello BiggerPockets Community!I am reposting something I sent to the general starting-out community because it is specifically about STR. I figured I would get better responses here:I am deeply appreciative of the wea...
Dear Noah,I had a quick question regarding the current housing market. I would like to set myself up to start investing in real estate, but currently I don’t even own a primary. I have a downpayment saved up, and I’m ...
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One of the most common topics discussed on bigger pockets and other real estate forums is the decision between a property that cash flows and one that has the potential to appreciate. To take this further, I recently ...
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We have been thinking of purchasing a property either on Palm Spring, Big Bear Lake (Moonridge), or Lake Arrowhead.
Big bear lake seems to be our #1 choice since the city is more friendly towards STR. The homes in m...
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Hi, I’m a novice, trying to get into making extra income through real estate though I do have stable employment. Have just sold a condo and must do 1031 exchange by July 15th. Will have 400K as liquid funds from that,...
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I’m heading to the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/ Sevierville area next week and am going to look at short term rentals while I’m there. I’ve listened to Avery Carl and reached out to a realtor with the Short Term Shop to s...