Pay off your mortgage or invest? If you’re on the path to FIRE, you’ve probably asked yourself this question. Without a mortgage payment, you could put thousands more in your pocket every month, and your FIRE number w...
Gordon Cuffe
Supply of homes for sale finally stops increasing
The number of homes for sale in the three county area around Sacramento finally had a decrease in November 2024. There were 3032 homes for sale in the Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado counties. There were 3399 homes for ...
Michael Eichstadt
Incentivising Listing Agents? (first post)
Hello Everyone,I was curious as to if anyone has structured any interesting deals with their listing agent in order to try to motivate them. I've completed 8 deals in my local market in the past couple years and have...
Josiah Cooper
Decatur, AL.... Yes.. No.. Maybe??
I currently live and invest in Huntsville, Alabama but am looking at different markets. I have no knowledge of Decatur and am needing direction on which zip codes are the best to invest in. I'm looking for what to go ...
Christian Blumel
Arizona BP! First time investor. Looking at short term rentals.
Hey guys. I’m new here I have a question regarding your experience with loans for purchasing a short term rental property in Scottsdale Arizona. I currently live in CA and have a business here. My question is do most ...
Alexandre Souza
Is it time to invest in Rio de Janeiro?
I don't know how international press are showing brazilian crises to the world. But i know for sure what is going on around here. I live in Rio de Janeiro and for more than 30 years i follow the economic issues and gr...
Catherine D.
Residential Depreciation Schedule
Hello all, Basic questions for all your depreciation ninjas out there. Suppose I have 4-plex, I have held for 4 years. Is there a deprecation method utilized where the life of the building decreases with time (i.e. ...
Nick Elg
How are you adding bedrooms to properties ?
BiggerPockets!I am managing some properties in Utah and an owner across the way from us(identical 4-plex) has added bedrooms to each unit and is getting additional income. He must have decreased the size of the living...
Steve Babiak
Household Formation in a Recession - lower homeownership rates plus increased rental vacancy rates
There have been a number of threads started on BP that talk about the housing market collapse not leading to increased occupancy in rentals. Here is a link to a study on this topic that shows that homeownership is do...
Brandon Malone
Are you finding renters?
Amidst this COVID I’m trying to assess how many people have rentals active on the market and whether you’re seeing a drastic decrease in rental interest/applications. I have a bank accepted foreclosure. After rehab, w...