Amit M.
Urban Renaissance and the value of "land" rent
this recent article in the Economist offers a thought provoking historical and global perspective on why property values in well established and desirable gateway cities are what they are today. Hint: it's in the intr...
Charlie Van Norman
Student housing (per room rentals) / house hacking?
I'm thinking of buying a 4-5 BR property near Bridgeport or Evanston in the 300k range, and would consider other areas too if they're close to Universities. My plan is to turn the house into student housing and rent o...
Nick Thomas
Neighborhoodscout usefulness?
I'm trying to get into the birdogging/wholesaling side of real estate to start off. I decided I need to be better at knowing where people want to invest in my area. I of course first started by creepily driving around...
Jeremy Beland
The house that taught me a $40,000 lesson in 2019...
It was a nightmare which only made me $4k. After securing the deal, the buyer made my wife and I go through three-feet deep of snow to "winterize" the house so there wouldn't be any plumbing issues.It was a 2 hour dri...
Account Closed
Computing ROI when offering seller financing
I am terrible at understanding ROI. In my bottom-line thinking, there's either profit or there is not. Assuming I'm using my own funds, I understnd there's ROI when I buy and sell, but how do I figure ROI when I add...
Josh Oden
RE Data Sets - Can you help!?
Hey BiggerPockets world! As a part of my MBA, I am taking a course on "Residential Property Management Technology". We have been tasked with searching for large data sets that contain historical property management in...
Mackenzie Plunkett
REI Learning Stage & Personal Update
Hi BP Forum! I'm not technically a "new" member as I joined back in Feb 2021, but I'm still in the learning & building cash reserves stage. I'm in my last year of college and FINALLY found a way to use property ma...
Kyle Hebert
Hi - I'm new here :)
Good morning BP!
First... coffee check. How many cups deep are you this morning? One for me so far. I decided to try a bulk K-Cup order through Amazon and it worked out ok - Neighborhood Social's Easy Morning Blend.....
Drew A.
Student looking for a real estate investing data set
Hello everyone, I am working on my PhD in computational statistics while trying to get stated as a real estate investor. I was recently assigned a project in one of my classes where I am supposed to perform some type...
Jayme Duff
NEED HELP on Massachusetts Landlord/Tenant question
I'm exploring the opportunity to invest in a small seasonal rental property in Massachusetts. The property has deeded beach rights and is a short walk from the ocean and a small community beach. The seasonal rentals...