Hello All!How do YOU define "Market Value"?  I know some investors (including myself) define it as the price the property will sell for on the open market in it's current condition (regardless of what that condition i...

I just read this great article by @David Thompson, and want to check my understanding of taxes for limited partners in real estate syndication.- Income distributions are taxed at ordinary income rates, but there may b...

Hi All,Well, I've put together a great CRM with Podio, hired a VA in India, outsourced my mailing, budgeted thousands for direct mail, and am all set to target inherited property in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area...

According to this article, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-says-home-real-estate-is-a-bad-investment/if you take out the recent housing bubble and just look at returns on real estate for the past 100 years, you wi...

I joined Bigger pockets as i enjoyed the videos by Brandon and David, i was kind of shocked to see that there are folks on these forums that belittle folks that sometime ask what others may seem elementary questions. ...

So Im going to assume this has been asked a million times, but I was just struggling to figure out the ARV and the costs.I have knowledge on what  and how much X should cost and stuff, but when people explain calculat...

I was offered a gig with a more experienced rei...he said I would do the marketing (find the deals) , bring them to him and he would find the money from another rei to renovate the property and Sell it.  We would prob...

The DJIA closed at $17,833 on January 2, 2015. It closed the year out on December 31, 2015 at $17,425--down 2.2%. If you're IRA or 401K followed the performance of the DOW, you had no gain for the year. Furthermore, t...

So I am going through the lending process with another lender and we just got my rental appraised last week. Now Quicken, who has the current mortgage, has gotten the notice that I’m about to pay off the loan and then...

Hi all, I am looking to buy some properties out of state for cash flow. Any city recs? I was looking into Cleveland, I have some properties that caught me eye in the 80-100k range.. I wanted to pick up a few and rent ...