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I live in the Bay Area of California, would it be better to Invest outside of the Bay Area in state, or out kf state?
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I think the military is the best job for real estate investors, and here are a few reasons why!- VA loan, VA renovation loan, VA IRRRL, etc. - 15 year capital gains tax exemption- tax-exempt BAH- military towns are (...
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Hi BP,Does anyone have experience in house hacking in SF? I'm interested in buying a duplex built after 1979 and planning on occupying the bigger unit as primary residence. The duplex is being delivered vacant, with t...
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Anyone have any suggestions on helping reduce our natural gas utility bill. We use gas for hot water heaters and heating our units in our 10 plex. We are considering adding more insulation and switching tenants over f...
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Discussing an event, where my rental property would be paid off and I would be receiving rent payments.If I was to refinance my home and make the rent payments to the mortgage, would i be better off financially?
I co...
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Hello All, I am just starting out in my investment journey for real estate. I am looking in the San Antonio market and my goal is to invest in SFH in B/C+ neighborhoods with the plan of holding the property long term ...
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I am looking at shifting from SFR into multi fam and know the way they are valued is obviously different. When valuing the multi fam I have an easy time arriving at the cap rate with the provided numbers. A few proper...
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So I have been thinking the last number days about a particular scenario. I have a property that I could sell for somewhere around 400 K with owner financing. We have found it for number years so the value of the prop...
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Newbie here looking for some guidelines for goal setting.
The notion of goal setting has come up in my reading here, other forums, and books on the subject. They all stress the importance of goal setting and ...
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I am just putting myself out there right now. I want to be more involved in real estate. All day I think about it as I work as a physical therapist . I want to do real estate all day long. I want to help people build,...