Kevin DiMaggio
Pay off first home with house hacking or invest in another?
Hi there! Looking for some advice, so I'll try to provide as much info as possible. My fiancée and I purchased our first home in 2017, and accidentally stumbled into about $125,000 of equity with it. It was a foreclos...
Carlos O.
New Member from Huntington Beach, CA
Hello everyone,After a couple of weeks of listening to the amazing podcasts they have here at BP, I've finally decided to join. I'm just starting out in my RE journey, mostly been absorbing as much knowledge as I can ...
Laura Casner
New to searching for land for STRs - Looking for general advice
I'm looking for 3-5 acres to do 3-5 tiny houses (built into foundations) in the greater Knoxville area for STRs. Any advice on what to look for in land??? Any recommendations outside of MLS to search for land? Anyone...
Jason Chen
First Rental Property in Sacramento, CA
Hello BiggerPockets,My name is Jason and I am brand new here to BiggerPockets. A Bay Area native, I just graduated from UC Berkeley and am looking to buy my first investment property in the Sacramento area. I am looki...
Gabe E.
to replace A/C or not?
Hi BP community. Here in south Texas an A/C/heater is needed basically year round. That being said my current unit 13 SEER (Goodman) being over 15 years old has a blower that has gone out. This unit is rusted out, has...
Adrian Rae
My partner would rather pay top $$ for a flip than buy a fixer
His POV is that he’d rather have the cost of all the improvements built into the monthly mortgage payments than spend the time and credit card/debt to complete improvements on a fixer. We focus on STRs but ensure the ...
Colin M.
What would be your first steps?
Hi there,I've just setup my first LLC, in the state of Delaware with the intention of buying and holding MF properties throughout the US, currently i live in NYC, however - I'm looking at investing in Chicago. I know ...
Mitchell Rusten
ELI5, why do people put profits into a 1031 vs a tax write off
Simply put, why do real estate investors need to put their profits on something like a flip into a 1031 exchange rather than simply putting the profits into a new property and writing off the acquisition like a normal...
Jessenia Munoz
Looking to start investing in the Virginia Beach area
Hi all! I've been a member of Bigger Pockets for almost a year now and have been reading many of these forums to stay informed. I'm also an avid listener of the Bigger Pockets podcasts and have read "The Book on Inves...
Peter Lampione
Best online tools for market research
I've searched existing questions about online tools for market research, but wanted to ask some specific questions as I haven't gotten them answered yet.My wife and I are just starting out and doing research on market...