When analyzing a potential property to flip, what criteria or metrics do you use (or find most important) to determine if it’ll be a good/profitable deal?

For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...

Hey! I am just starting in STRs and trying to pick the right and maybe out of state market. Is anyone/everyone using costly analytics like AirDNA and STRinsights? I have learned through research how helpful and accura...

Hey BiggerPockets forum!I am an aspiring investor in the Philadelphia market. I am currently doing market research, particularly looking at crime data for different zipcodes. I am a bit stumped by how contradicting so...

Hey BP fam I hope everyone is doing well. Still in the education phase of my real estate career and I have learned a lot just from reading the forums.

One area that I believe I could learn more about are House repai...

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according to this prediction, my metro (TAMPA) won't hit bottom until Q1 2011. 2011!!!!!!!!!!! #6 in the natio...

Forgive me if I posted this in the wrong section, I couldn't find any other sections that seemed appropriate.

I understand that when calculating either Net Present Value (NPV) or Internal Rate of ...

What research do you guys do when researching a property you are going to wholesale?

Thanks.

Hello,I am a newbie and have appreciated the great feedback I have received thus far from previous questions.  Right now I am focusing on doing quick 5-minute rental property analysis to see if it meets my criteria.  ...

We talk about Financial Freedom here on BiggerPockets all the time, and most members of this platform invest in BOTH real estate and stocks. I think that we haven't really spent enough time emphasizing just how bad th...