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There is a lot of debate about staying local vs. investing out of town. What factors do you consider when deciding what market to invest in? What do you think makes a great market?
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Hello,Looking for some feedback/advice on a STR in the Lake Arrowhead area. My husband and I love the area and for our long-term use would prefer this area over Big Bear. My question is can anyone provide info on how ...
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Anyone else feel like we are due for a little downside? It's inevitably going to happen again...history always repeats itself....just a matter of when???? Then it's buy buy buy
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Hello BP,I think this topic would be fun to discuss. If you guys we paid 300k to quit your day job and invest what would you do? Leverage it? Flip? Flip Apartments? BRRR? ouse hack? and why?
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Hey folks,Not 100% sure I'm in the right place for this but we'll see. I have an opportunity for a manufactured home. It's not a mobile home, rather a manufactured home with an attached garage on a decent amount of la...
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My father has a few small rental buildings in the NW Chicago area. He was the primary property manager and jack of all trades for the properties, but recently he had a massive stroke. His stroke was really bad that he...
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Im looking to buy a 1 or 2 bedroom condo to rent. Which will give me a better return on investment? Which is easier to rent?
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Greetings BP Community from the frozen lands of Soldotna, Alaska. It's a small rural area about 3 hours S of Anchorage- not exactly a hot RE market, but we love living here and my husband has a fabulous job with abou...
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If you have spent even one minute on these forums, you've run into Jay Hinrichs. He's one of our most prolific contributors, currently sitting at Number Five on the all-time posters list.Jay has been investing forever...