Here's the situation: I'm finding FSBO's on CL and similar pages and then calling up the owner for some details. Then I'm thinking to myself, "OK, I'll just make a low-ball offer, then list back on--CL! Should be able...

I live in Portland, OR and am new to Bigger Pockets and real estate investing. Currently paying off debt so I am educating myself as much as possible before I start investing (not analysis paralysis, I swear!).  I am...

Hello All,If you purchase a home for a rehab sell it and then use those funds to purchase another rehab and continue going. Do you have to pay capital gains taxes on that profit earned or is that considered 1031 excha...

     I'm a family man that lives in Mission, Texas.  Waiter, Bus Boy, Car Wash Attendant, Ham Shaver(yes, shaving pig butts on an assembly line in Nebraska), Clothing Retail Sales, Fast Food Cashier, Short Order Cook,...

I'm Tyson Dierschke (deer-sh-key) from Richmond, TX, just south of Sugar Land. I am currently in my educational phase as I enter the world of RE investing. I have been lurking on BP for about a month and I've been lis...

I am a Wharton-educated, former management consultant (McKinsey New York) and Private Equity Associate (Cranemere International) who is looking to purchase his first real estate investment on the east coast. My clearl...

I put $50,000 down on a property that I am buying through the owner.  The closing is in January.  How can I deduct this on my taxes?

Hello every one, been on this forum now reading every body's post and setting on the sidelines rooting and watch and listening to all the positive thing going on and finally stepping up to try my hand at our first hom...

What is the best and most thorough way to analyze a multi-family property before purchasing?

I bought my first investment last year and successfully rented it in 15 days. I felt like I found a good renter so all is set and what can go wrong till the renter slipped in the patio. She said it was a rainy day and...