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Hey Everyone, I just listened to the BP Podcast # 4 (www.biggerpockets.com/show4) with Frank Gallinelli talking about the idea of getting started with commercial property as opposed to residential. He made the point t...
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Hi everyone,
I'm curious what careers others may have had before becoming an agent or REI.
Manish
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Is a 2.5 hour drive too far away for a rental property? Houses where I live (Toronto) are super expensive and it's hard to get much cash flow out of them, even in the Greater Toronto Area. However London Ontario is ab...
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Hi Gurus,Is investing in condos a good idea? This will be my first investment property and in my area, investing in SFHs and MFs is out of my current reach. I am looking specifically at Folsom CA area. Some insights o...
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Hi, I'm interested to hear from investors based in New York that have chosen to invest out of state. Where are your properties located, and what factors drove your decision to invest there?
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I'm redeveloping a 138-unit former senior housing building in Detroit into 100% affordable assisted living facility with an adult day care on site. Incomes will be at or below 60% AMI.Obviously, the senior housing sec...
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Hi Everyone,I purchased my first home in 2007 when I got my first job out of college. Since then, I picked up a couple more homes when moving with work and rented them after I left the area. I manage everything long...
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Does anyone know whats going on with the detroit real estate market? I'm wondering if it is picking back up meaning would this be a good time to invest doing fix and flips there.
Last I remember most hard money inve...
What is the most reliable way to find out what a Single Family Home will rent for when running an analysis on a potential investment property?
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I did a search online to check out the data on a city I was considering investing in, and saw (not a city government site) pretty troubling information about the rate of both violent and non-violent crime statistics i...