For beach properties that are within a few blocks of the beach, how often are you having to repaint the exterior of your house? I’m trying to have some idea to calculate for reserve capex needs. Thanks for any feedback.

I have 95% of my primary residence paid off (200k equity) and am looking at a HELOC or Cash out Refi to invest in real estate and also thinking about paying off the remaining 5% with these funds so I only have one pay...

We are under contract on a duplex that we are going to rehab.  My current plan of attack is to use a conventional mortgage I'm already approved for on the initial loan, and then use part of my HELOC to pay for the reh...

Hello, up until this point we have been sanding the floors down and then putting 3 coats of high gloss poly and it looks fine, but recently, I spoke with a designer who had suggested doing a dark walnut and satin fini...

Hi!We are new investors looking for our first home to flip. We found a property that we are interested in acquiring but we are hesitant because the floors are sloped and weak in some areas of the house. The home was b...

Hello Bigger Pockets community, my friend and I are seniors enrolled  in the business school at Colorado State University. We are looking to get into real estate investing. Being college students we don't exactly have...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $44,900

Cash invested: $11,846

This is a live in flip. We bought the house at a distressed price and spent a month ...

I've been meeting with a client who is a financial trader, and he has been educating me on market cylces for everything. Bonds, stocks, gas, natural gas, etc. He believes that by reading graphs, you can predict where ...

Hi everyone!

My husband and I want to move. We are currently in search of a neighborhood to settle down in but also house hack and set up for future rental properties, either in that same area or out of state. Basi...

Hi Folks,I've been looking at communities surrounding my area (Portland and SW Washington) and considering investing there for a buy and hold strategy.  I am wondering, though, if I should be excluding any of them by ...