I'm confused by the last sentence of this example in my real estate course.  "A builder would rather make an additional cash payment to the lender than reduce the price on a home in a new development."Why would the bu...

First off, I know this is a very specific question to my circumstances and I already have an appointment with a CPA to ask this and many other questions but I wanted to get a feel from anyone in the BP community who m...

Wanted to understand on how using realtors with National builders work.  Does the builders typically have additional negotiation room ( the commission they would have otherwise paid the realtor), if a buyer directly a...

5 Reasons Co-Living is King for Real Estate Investors
Hey BiggerPockets Fam,
I've been doing Co-Living now exclusively since 2017, and the numbers speak for themselves. Co-living isn’t just an alternative to traditi...

If we purchases a home as an investment property, build a DADU, and sell the home and DADU (around 12 months after the purchase), what's the best strategy for tax saving?My partner and I are both on the higher end of ...

My wife and I are looking for our first investment property.We plan on growing and becoming financially free.Is it best to take the robert Kiyosaki spring and take as many deductions as possible to keep from paying ta...

I am just starting out and working on leaning the ins and outs of the real estate business. I have built myself a base plan and tweaked it about 100 times at this point. I spoke briefly with an agent about FHA loans  ...

My husband and I use Seller Contributions to improve ROI on our rental property purchases.  I submitted a suggestion to BP that a box be added in the calculator that would accommodate this contribution and pull it int...

Good afternoon.Just wanted to get some opinions regarding raising additional capital for REI.  I'm pretty new to the whole REI adventure, been here on Bigger pockets for 3-4 months and learned a lot. My biggest barrie...

I decided last year to embark on a different strategy than my normal buy and hold investment strategy given that the market for buy and holds in California has become a lot more difficult where we have seen CAP rates ...