Payed an arm and a leg in taxes this year (I know not a bad problem to have) and want to reduce the cost next year. If I purchase a property which will break even at best and possibly cost me a bit can I make up the d...

The Mayweather-McGregor fight is this weekend.  It is a boxing match between one of the greatest undefeated boxers of all time (Floyd Mayweather, 49-0) and a hard-punching UFC star (Conor McGregor, much younger and st...

I'm currently 20 years old and active duty military and hoping to switch to the reserves at the end of this year and focus on real estate full time. I have a high credit score, 0 debt, and a decent amount of capitol s...

Numbers Do Not Tell the Whole Story

Simply relying on “the numbers” can get you in a lot of trouble. There is always much more to the whole story. Do not neglect target market, neighborhood, and local employment/empl...

Hi BiggerPockets!My mother is interested in selling her home to move to a smaller house now that kids are all gone. Simple question, I was just wondering if it is possible to take out a HELOC loan on the property if w...

Demand for Waco based Short Term Rental's continues to stay strong through the rate hikes and falling housing market. Most of this interest from what I gather is still from out-of-state investors looking for the poten...

I dont quite understand tax assesment and value of homes. City does the tax assesment but what people see and are getting for homes are much much higher. I thought tax assesment was the value of the home. I know comps...

Hey there BP!So, it has come to the point in time that I want to begin offering up opportunities to invest with my company. I don't need the loans, I have cash to work with and banks willing to lend me money pretty mu...

I was recently working with my investor to lock down a property in West Philly and his lender changed the rates since the "As-Is" appraisal came in 15k lower than purchase price of the property (the appraiser ignored ...

Hi everyone, I'm new to biggerpockets. I'd say i'm the typical first time buyer. Currently living in Hartford for work and became interested in multi family homes. They're pretty unique as far as ease of house hacking...