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Hi y'all,I finally got my wife to be on board with investing into real estate, and we are looking to jump into short term rentals. As NYC makes STR illegal, are people avoiding upstate New York as well?
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Please chime in with any advice, How concerned should I be with wet or damp basement?
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Hello All,Indiana Tax Sale season has started. Super excited!Just curious who plans on attending which sales. Would love to meet any of you after the auctions. Over September and October, we will be attending appro...
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Hello BP community, I was wondering if I could get some help from some of the experts in the room.A house I just purchased in central Virginia has a 900 sq ft crawl space with a poorly installed, torn vapor barrier. ...
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Hello BP!I currently have 3 properties in the Raleigh/Durham area - 1 primary, 2 rentals. I am looking to pull some equity out of the rentals to fund another investment. From the research that I have done, most lender...
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I have an active employer contribution 401K and was wondering if I can leverage a loan from it to start with my first deal. The cool thing about it is this particular investment firm offers a 7.5% return to myself for...
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I'm interested in doing some research on the US real estate market and I'm having trouble getting an action plan together. I'm thinking about using the following features for my data analysis:1) US census ACS 5-year s...
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I came across a recently flipped property at $195K in central FL, rents are in $1500 range. I am still new to this investing, so need advice. This property is in a good school district, well established area from empl...
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Hello I am Mark. I live in Chicago IL, on the south side. I want to be a real estate investor and make this my second income / business as a long term goal.I want to start out with a owner/ occupied tri plex or fourpl...
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Hi All-Starting to get ready to move to San Antonio and I am beginning my research into the San Antonio Area. I am certainly not familiar with this city so I'm looking for some help. I am looking into purchasing low...