This is a hypothetical situation. Billy has a day job earning $100,000 per year in California. He wants to build a real estate empire in his local market as the king of residential real estate (1-4 units). What value ...

Hello Bigger Pockets Community! I am a newbie who is getting closer and closer to my first deal. I am shopping small multi family residences at the moment. I have been approved for a HELOC which I will be using for my...

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FL – Miami, Orlando

The average rates for 30-year FRM and 1-year ARM are much higher in Orlando than they are at Miami. The rates for 15-year FRM is also higher though the difference is not as wide as for the ot...

Is it possible to keep purchasing rentals where the property's cash flow offsets any impact that the new loan will have on your DTI?  Or will my DTI always have a chunk of it taken off with each new loan on a rental?

I changed some positions and now my brokerage account is showing a $30,000 capital gain for this year, any way to offset this? Either through an opportunity fund investment or by accelerating depreciation on my 4 unit...

Thoughts on buying more rentals (with loaned funds) to offset gains on other rentals???

If I log the requisite 750 hours of real estate-related work a year and claim to be a professional investor, can I use my tax deductions from real estate to offset my spouse's ordinary income?  Or is the professional ...

Greetings, I purchased a home in Feb that I was intending to renovate and add to my existing buy and hold portfolio.  The renovation is near completion, and I was approached by someone that was interested in buying. T...

I'm purchasing a 3 story office building (37k sqft total) in the Orlando Fl area and my electric bill is $80k annually, with the monthly usage ranging between 48,000 kWh to 65,000 kWh. Has anyone found the ROI on inst...

This year I got clobbered on some stock investments but am also considering selling a property that will have some gains. Can I offset the gains of the property with the stock losses?