Eduardo Bilbao
What did you wish you knew before buying your first multifamily?
Hi BP community,Here still trying to pick your brains. I am in the beginning stages of multifamily real estate. Please share with me what you wish you knew prior to buying your first multi family. I am looking at buyi...
Chris G.
Best Upgrades/ Rennovations to Increase Rent?
We have a few condos in a complex that are older style units (20-30 years old), the rent varies in the complex we see some people remodeling the entire inside of 2b2b and getting $1600-1800 in rent while others that h...
Derek Crawford
Derek - noob from Hermosa Beach CA
Hello.My name is Derek Crawford. I’m new to the world of real estate investing. I currently “rent hack” (probably illegal) in the city of Hermosa Beach in the South Bay Area of LA county. I found BiggerPockets researc...
Michael Papps
Newbie with 75k from Hampton Roads/ Norfolk, Va
I am Michael and I have been stacking paper for a few years to begin real estate investing. I have a full time job with the DOD and am in college as an accounting major. I joined BP because it seems to be an education...
Wayne Igo
Tax sales
Recently I have been doing some research into property tax sales. It's complex and there are about 3100 taxing units (counties) in the US, all with their own set of laws, rates and auction styles and rules. The two ...
Michael Peters
Letters to property owners...How?
I currently own two single family rental properties and have been pretty successful with both of them. I am now interested in garden style apartment buildings and want to start reaching out to owners of properties in...
Donna M.
Investing in Hawaii
I'm a very new investor and being in Hawaii is very discouraging. The home prices here are $750k!! You can't buy a house in a "war zone" here for less than $225k. When I started, I went to so many open houses, pass...
Dalton Emershaw
Would a hotel make a good apartment building?
So, full disclosure, I am not at all experienced enough to try this, I am just asking out of curiosity and education.There is a Holiday Inn in the downtown of my city that closed. It is 5 stories and has a small indoo...
Charles Medeiros
Just saying Hi all
Hello everyone.My name is Charlie Medeiros from New Bedford, Mass. and I just want to say hello and that I'm a newbie or as I would rather put it ( a budding entrepreneur ) in the Real Estate Biz. I have been doing a ...
Steve K
Class D - what cap rate?
What would you pay for a class D 5 unit property that has gross rents of $2000 / mo, so figure a NOI of 12k per year. I know caps are area specific, but I'm not sure that is as applicable to small D props.
If I wa...