Many books that I read have mentioned about making an apartment deal with a 80-20 loan structure. Some of them even suggested the 20% down can be using private money and some could be carried back by the seller. I pok...

BiggerPockets Family,I currently hold a full time job at PNC bank and have held my PA Real Estate Salesperson license for about 2 years now since graduating college in 2014.  I understand that it is a tough feat to su...

Looking for my first deal and found a contender I wanted a second opinion on.  This deal is in the Canton, Ohio area, but in a middle class suburban neighborhood on the NE end.- Duplex with both sides rented at $625 e...

Hey everyone! So I am looking for a potential short term rental in Flagstaff, AZ. I spoke with a few realtor and some really seemed to discredit that strategy. After doing my own research I believe that my head is i...

Hello,I currently have a 4plex in which I pay all heating and cooling costs, running about $300-350/mo by itself (two furnaces and two ACs). I'm thinking about converting to electric baseboard heaters and window ACs t...

I am currently under contract on a property i plan on renting out long term. The property has electric baseboard heat in every room throughout the property. Yet in the dining room there is a pellet stove the previous ...

Hey guys!For those of you that are flipping and/or fixing up and holding..  We are renovating a house to rent out. The HVAC estimate we received was more than we were expecting because there is no crawl space/cellar a...

When buying an out of state rental property (our first one), would you recommend connecting with a local insurance agent or adding the rental property to your current insurance? We have State Farm covering our primary...

I would like to know how others investors life have changed since their first investment, did it meet expectations?I know that everyone loves a feel good story but investing is not easy and I have cried many times dur...

Hey BP Community - I am pretty new to BP but have been investing in rental real estate about 13 years and recently moved into Hard Money Lending (HML). In my HML deals, I am lending for short terms (4-6 months) at hig...