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I am making about $140,000 a year, I have about 80k saved up, and I want to buy my own place and start house hacking. I currently live in Malden, MA and the house prices seem to hover from about 675 - 760k for a house...
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Aloha BP! My wife and I have started looking at properties this past week. We haven't put in an offer yet but it seems as though we're getting closer and closer to landing that first deal. Getting the first deal under...
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Hello All,I've been doing a ton of research on the 2008 market crash. I feel like I've garnered a strong understanding of what happened and why, however there is one thing I feel I am missing. What steps could a sma...
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Looking for opinions and policies for pets in your rental properties. We are trying to decide whether to allow it and what to charge them/policies in lease. Thanks for your advice. Sherry Mulcahy
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Does anyone have any experience investing in Costa Rica? I would like to buy a future retirement home to get away from the cold winters but in the meantime would love to rent it out as a vacation rental.
What are the...
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I get that BP is selling the sizzle a bit. I have been studying and studying. But no matter what, I simply cannot make the numbers work.
I am in a still-affordable-yet-booming metropolitan market in the southeast. Th...
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Hey folks, My name is Jeremy, I'm based in Halifax , Nova Scotia and first got into real estate back in 2016 when my wife and I purchased and rehabbed a 100 year old duplex in Halifax's north end. From here we're loo...
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Step 1: Where to find the properties. Obviously LoopNet (CoStar), which I'm told is used by 93% of the top 1000 commercial brokers in the country. It seems like it would be a daunting task to find and contact every in...
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Hi everyone,
My name is Tiffany I’m from Cocoa beach and I’m interested in purchasing a home or condo. I don’t really have a mentor figure to help me a long the way, so I was hoping I could get some advice from here....
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Hello all
I am a Canadian who has lived in the US for the last several years. I am considering investing in Ontario in the future.
What methods, websites, lists etc. do you use for finding propert...