I'm confused about the numbers. Specifically, what a reasonable COC ROI for a first-time buyer? I'm not handy and cannot take on a massive rehab. It seems like if I buy at the retail price my COC return will be negati...

My family moved to Fort Myers 6 months ago, and have rented a place so we could get to know the area.  I've been studying and looking at multi-family homes here, San Carlos Park, Bonita Springs, and Cape Coral.  Haven...

Hi All! My name is Johnny and I recently joined the Bigger Pockets site after weeks of listening to the BP Podcast! I'm originally from Cincinnati, OH and moved to Los Angeles about 5 years ago.  I had been working in...

Hi there,Thanks for letting me join your forum.
After 10 years investing in uk property,I want to start investing in usa.I have done some research on the net.I thought dallas texas could be a good place to start.Altho...

Since we now have Provincial sub-forums on BP, I am going to suggest we collapse them as follows:- Atlantic Canada - Québec- Ontario- Prairies & the North- British Columbia My argument for the collapse is there ar...

I'm in the process of selling a rental property I've owned in Maine for the last 10 years. The problem I have now is I'm not sure where I want to invest the proceeds from that sale. Through my research I've found that...

I read this statement in the M&M report for 2019 as I'm doing research to zero in on markets to invest in for multifamily: "Lenders have been reluctant to lend on future revenue growth through value-add efforts, r...

Hello Y'all, I'm hoping someone can help me understand why the experts repeatedly say cash flow is  more important than metrics like Total Return and ROI? And why I should pass on SFHs with strong Total Return and ROI...

I am from CA. Have some money sitting in my bank account and elsewhere. I have a full time job so being landlord will realistically yield only ~6% (if I am lucky). Hence I am looking into trying out private money lend...

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Hello friends. I'm new to Bigger Pockets and am eyeing my first investment property. I'm finding that Portland's home prices are inflated, and it's hard to find something that pencils. I'm wondering if th...