I'm a new investor that will be using funds from a lending platform (for now) to get home funded. Over the summer I took classes for my RE salesperson license and passed the school and state exam.  However my teacher ...

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I have decided to get out of my current residence right now I bought a year ago , but I bought on a whim. I'm not in love with it and the market is super hot. I wouldn't be able to rent the pro...

My husband and I are trying to buy our first rental property. We live in a very popular market in the Midwest where there is a lot of competition for buyers. Is it worth it to pay a premium in a A- neighborhood in ord...

I understand how to calculate the cash on cash return for a rental property. My questions centers around if anything differs heading into year 2. How do y'all calculate it long term? Do you do year two the same as yea...

So I am facing a dilemma here. I bought a property two years ago and that was my first rental property purchase. I paid $175k with 20% down for the property in a okay neighborhood. For the past two years, I have had p...

I am under contract on my 2nd property in Baltimore City. It is a 2 unit building. To be honest, I am not sure of its zoning, but I believe it was originally built as 2 units, and it has 2 gas and 2 electric meters. I...

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My portfolio is mainly in Chicago and I have been considering investing in Indianapolis as the prices in Chicago have been going up quite a bit. I spent my college years in Indianapolis and I think ...

My wife and I are new to the idea of investing in real estate, where should we start our learning? (E.g. what books, classes, seminars, etc. should we start with?) We have read some, and listened to a few of the BP po...

I would like to hear about the goals everyone set, when they started out. How have they evolved? What are they now?  I'm having a hard time with the S.M.A.R.T. goal setting methodology. Particularly the "R" or reasona...

Hi everybody,  I'm not sure if this has been talked about much...   I looked through the forums and didn't find much...  so sorry if it's a repeat question.Currently I pay for all utilities in the bungalow I rent out....