We are running numbers on a 9 unit near a large university. The owner states it is usually 100% occupied. I put in 5% for vacancy, 5% repairs and 6% cap ex (they just did the roof and parking lot as well as a few wate...

Hey Everyone,When looking for new properties to invest in buy and hold are people turned away from oil or is it even an issue. I feel like most investors might turn down properties because they have oil heat. Do some ...

When flipping a house, what are some expenses that can be written off for tax purposes? This home is a few hours away; so what about things like driving miles, anything we purchase for the house, food while working on...

Obviously you guys can't tell me exactly what criteria I should be looking for in a rental property in my area, but as I'm looking for my first investment property I'd love to hear what your criteria are when you're l...

BiggerPockets - I've heard from many of you that one of the biggest issues with the Marketplace is that you cannot get alerts when a property fits your criteria. 
We've been working on a fix and it launched this morn...

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My business partner and I have just started up our series LLC, and now have 3 single family homes.

We have secured landlord policies for the homes with an insurance agent I've known for ...

Hi all,First post...I think. Anyway, I found an off-market deal from a seller locally and ran it through the calculators. I can comment or post them if it would be helpful but I wanted to get input. The seller said it...

I have a qualified applicant in a rental in Virginia that is currently empty. The market has slowed and I don't want to turn away qualified applicants, but they can't move in for almost 3 weeks. Can I charge a holding...

Hi all,I am looking at purchasing a turnkey rental in Indianapolis, IN through FS Houses. The neighborhood is Springdale. I understand that FS Houses' business model is to sell turnkey homes in neighborhoods that are ...

I have a flip opportunity that just fell into my lap that I am trying to creatively buy through private money or a hard money lender, the numbers are solid and are based on comps within 600 yds within +/- 200 sqft and...