I'm kicking off a conversation about rehab calculators tonight.In my opinion, a rehab calculator should do more than simple add up the major categories for you (i.e. roof estimate + kitchen estimate + etc.). The real ...

Hello all - I aquired a multifamily property last year and my hard money loan will expire in a couple of months, I was in the process of refinancing it, but the bank is requiring that the insurance policy to be on a r...

I paid for an inspection and an appraisal for the deal that eventually failed through. Are those expenses tax deductible at the end of the year since I didn't end up buying the property? 

As a newbie real estate investor I believe that the tools offered on BiggerPockets are Awesome. However, I'm very analytical and I like to understand how to perform the calculations by hand. I have been trying to figu...

In the city where my property is located, there are many three-story apartment buildings with a unit on each floor. These are no longer allowed to be built new in the city. So replacement cost of my two buildings is ...

So, we're active duty military and looking at using our VA loan at our next station, Sheppard AFB in Texas. Been looking around at rates and I'm getting rates between 3.6-4% It seems that there are a lot of fees that ...

For calculating cash returns, I am wondering if the lender finances let's say 80% of the purchase price or 80% of the (purchase price minus the earnest money). Or will the earnest money get used to pay my closing c...

Greetings BP'ers...As part of a 1031 exchange, I have purchased a handful of short term rental properties in the last few mos.  I have about 1 week left on my initial 45 day period to put properties under contract to ...

I currently am looking at a 2 family with an oil burning boiler for the rent. No gas at all coming into house. Everything is electric.I was wondering if it made sense to convert to gas heating and give tenants individ...

I’m trying to get into single family home real estate and I have been trying to get a feel for the type of cash flow involved. I have been looking at Norada real estate and Roof stock and find their cash flow numbers...