Jon Klaus
A household needs just $29,789 income to afford a home in Cleveland, but it takes $137,130 in San Francisco
Wide range in the USTexas is still relatively affordable, with Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio each requiring less than $50K household income to buy a home.
Mindy Jensen
How does divorce affect cap gains on primary homes owned -2 years
A friend just told me he is getting a divorce, and they have owned their home for less than 2 years. (February 2016 purchase date.)How does divorce affect Capital Gains on this purchase? After one year, it's long term...
Shon Butani
How do I analyze a Real Estate market?
Hi how's it going?Simple question with an extremely complicated answer, I can imagine. For example, I'm from Long Island, I'd like to invest in my first property somewhere in a 50 mile radius of my home. I have a budg...
Edgar Castellanos
What Impact Does a New Housing Development have On a Community?
Im torn, between the understanding that in Los Angeles County there is a real need for new housing. The benefits new housing does to the real estate market is good for potential home buyers and renters. The lack of su...
Jim B.
At what point does location/potential tenants outweigh $$
Hey Everybody-I'm working on a couple properties and doing my research, and have a scenario I'm looking for opinions on.I'll give 1 example: Fully rented 4-unit in a so-so suburb. Not a violent part of town, but econ...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Labor Day Edition)
Economic Update
(Labor Day Edition)
This crazy bizarre year will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most challenging times of our lives. A worldwide pandemic, social distancing, facemasks, a recession, histori...
Katy L.
SF South Bay Area Advice on renting out house
There was a great article on BP: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...However, hoping to find some local advice in the bay area (We're in South bay Cupertino/Sunnyvale area). We are exploring leasing it out ourselves and...
Nicholas Blaylock
How to save for rental property?
Need in depth advice on what financial portals would be best to help me possibly save up for my first rental property. I currently have a household income of 42k, and looking to save up short term (roughly 6-8 months)...
Daniel Cho
Capital Gains Unforeseen Circumstances
We bought our 2 bedroom Apt about 18 months ago, and to our surprise, my wife became pregnant with our second child. In addition, my job role changed requiring me to work more from home, which makes it nearly impossib...
Tom Henderson
If you didn't own in your current market... Where else would you consider?
The answer for me is pretty simple... Omaha, Nebraska, or Fargo, North Dakota. Omaha, Nebraska- very solid, long-term businesses-- transportation, Agriculture, financial services - Creighton University, University of ...