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Hi All, I have been listening to bigger pockets rookie for about a year and I'm ready to take the next step/leap into real estate investment. I currently live on Long Island and have enough money saved up to buy a hou...
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So this deal fell in my lap out of nowhere, but it may be too much for a first timer.Sales price: $140kARV: $195k3/1 1160 sqfThe place is a wreck. There is no surface that can be left untouched. Rains over the weekend...
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Hi there, wondering if someone can help me, I sold a property recently and put the profits into a 1031 exchange, my goal was to buy three more cash flowing properties but then last week I was let go from my job of 20 ...
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Hi BiggerPockets! I came across this information from the National Association of Realtors that I thought you all would find interesting if nothing else. It's a fairly concise report with lots of data. I'd love to hea...
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Hi all,I'm thinking about making my first offer. This would be my first ever purchase. Thanks to these forums, I have found several investors in the same area who are more than willing to talk real estate and lend m...
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How much money did you have before financing your first property? My Goal for this year was to acquire a multi family home to start house hacking. One thing let to another so I’m having to postpone that goal for anoth...
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View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.My capital expenditures seems quite a bit low. I did a calculation and ended up coming up...
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Hello All, I'm still very new to to investing so excuse my lack of proper education. I live in Orlando where prices have sky rocketed in the past year. All my friends are telling me it's a bad time to buy a house but ...
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I have an opportunity to get a SFR for 45k that is in a rough area but newly renovated with new hvac, water heater, and roof. rent should be 750 per month, taxes 650, ins 900. assuming 35% for capex and repairs and 10...
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So I think I have a fairly safe way to enter the world of real estate investing but I wanted to post my plan here and see if I was missing anything. I've done a lot of reading & research so I think I have a good h...