After some studying on Austin area and biggerpocket's teaching on real estate investment I'm trying to screen some homes in Hutto,TX and Round Rock, TX.

The idea of a duplex seems to be the best solution for ...

Hi,  I'm flipping homes now and was just wondering if anyone who has any experience with hard money loans could give me a brief overview of the process as far as whether or not you need to get pre-qualified with a har...

Wi-Fi enabled sensors will soon be embedded into nearly every product so "owners" can monitor the data the object sends. A gate may send a signal meaning "I'm open" and a chair may send a signal saying "183 lbs." ...

Right now the median price of new construction homes is as close as I have ever seen it to the median price of existing inventory. I started working in the trades when I was only eleven so I wasn't ever scared off by ...

First post to BiggerPockets and my potential first deal as an investor with hopefully many more to come. I would like some advise (contract, clauses, ideas) to make this deal as good as possible for me. I will give th...

and wondering if I should rent until things improve? My homes are in a lower class price range($54,900) and go almost completely unshown. I have them priced well below value(where it should be anyway) and they are nea...

Hi BP members,I need help analyzing the follow:In Houston Rental market (suburban), most will follow the 1%...so here is my calculation for getting a rental house that can rent out for $1500/month, at $150KMonthlyRent...

I originally started writing about real estate because I wanted to hold myself accountable for my what I was doing, because I wanted to learn from my own mistakes and because I wanted to help others keep from making t...

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I was at a graduation recently where the commencement speaker announced future plans for each of the Math graduates as they received their diplomas. As I expected, many were headed to ...

Hello BP! :)Just closed, with a group of investors and myself, on a 50+ unit apartment building.We have to rehab the whole thing over the next 18 months and my GC and I have a small bet on the counter-tops.I believe t...