Real estate has long been a favored investment avenue due to its potential for appreciation, steady cash flow, and diversification benefits. Beyond these financial gains, savvy investors also benefit from various tax ...

Hello everyone. I will be moving out of my personal home in another year in order to avoid capital gains tax if I decide to sell the property after the two year window. I am currently trying to decide if I should sell...

My question is: Is a property worth more if there is a current lease with long term tenants?  My initial thought is that will shrink my market by scaring out folks looking for a primary, but as a landlord finding tena...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A Cautionary Tale for Newbies and Not-So-NewbiesThis post is intended to share some observations gained from more than a decade as a real estate investor, and to offer some words of cauti...

Long time listener of BiggerPockets - finally decided to take the plunge and ask for feedback & analysis on the transaction below. Numbers are pro-forma done by me. Property is a 4 unit 2 bed/1 bathapartment compl...

Since 2016, I bought (with the intention of keeping) 16 doors in Buffalo, NY.  I live in a foreign country, and depended on a property manager to manage my portfolio.  After 5 years of abuse, miscalculations, grossly ...

I bought a nice little 2/1 about a month and a half ago . Just finished it up today . I grabbed a bunch of papers left in a drawer in the kitchen.  In it was the original bill of sale for the house from 1954 . With ex...

Hi all,I am a Newbie first-time homebuyer/landlord here, hoping for some wisdom from the community.I bought my first primary residence in Nov 2021 for $850K (20% downpayment) in San Pablo, California. I lived in it fo...

Hi everyone. I'm very new to this so please bare with me. I am thinking about investing in a home near a military base that is in another state. I used to live in the area so I'm pretty familiar with it. I have a real...

Hello all. I’ve taken over management of a commercial shopping center (from my dad who passed away) over the last 2 years. Steep learning curve. This week we had a water line rupture. Several of our tenants had to clo...