Hi everyone! My name is John Lindenblad and I am excited to meet all of you! I have lived in Orlando, Florida area most of my life. I spent a few years as a starving actor in LA and NYC before returning to the Univ...

Hey guys, I'm a new investor in the Portland, OR area. I'm looking to do long term buy and holds, as well as perhaps looking at mobile home parks. I have a business partner who recently asked what I thought about a ti...

Good afternoon everyone,Put in a reservation deposit for a property that will be an STR in Spain for us. Its our first STR and I think we’re nervous about it. (which shouldnt be a surprise for a first-time buyer of an...

Hi all,We are considering shifting our focus more toward STR, like everybody else :) There are a couple of Caribbean islands that are close to our heart, and that we feel reasonably safe starting out in. Questions as ...

Hello all,Looking for feedback from Hawaii vacation rental owners. I am looking to buy a VR on Kauai. The market seems easiest to enter in HI, and I personally like the island. Will plan on personal use of the rental ...

In 2018 I decided to be more cavalier with my Real Estate investment strategy. Instead of going westward like many Americans did during the Frontier Age, I grabbed my investment capital and decided to go southward, ...

I founded this site while I was looking to learn how to promote my properties in Yucatan. Well they are not mine but as they were because are owned by friends and relatives. I think that my market (Yucatan and Riviera...

Hello All, I'm so excited as I stumbled upon BiggerPockets and I'm addicted. My spouse and I live in Cape Cod, MA. I've always been interested in real estate investing but had a bad experience in 2007 when the  market...

House hacking is a strategy that involves purchasing a property and living in it while also renting out part of the property to generate income. There are several strategies that can be used to successfully house-hack...

Newbie here to this site...first time posting.  My questions is this: Is it smarter to purchase a property outright vs. putting down payments on more than one property.  I understand that paying off a property means p...