Do you recommend...1. continuing to grow slowly by acquiring 1-2 properties each year. 2. start paying off properties. 3. go all in buying 1 property per month?

One of the best parts about this community is being able to learn from so many of you, avoid pitfalls, and celebrate successes together. It amazes me how many meaningful relationships my wife and I have built through...

Wondering what thoughts people have on the very different rent stabilization initiatives on the ballot in Minneapolis and St. Paul?

I am building new construction.  I have built and sold off SFH. I have built some to keep for my own rental portfolio.  Everything I have built has been sold or rented before I had the certificate of occupancy.  My ne...

Is anyone able to get to the 1% or 2% rule in Canada? If so where? And how recently did you purchase?

With all of the hype and growth the bitcoin has received lately, I am surprised that major real estate players haven't discovered a way to funnel crypto currency into real estate investment deals. I am even more surpr...

A run down house in a good neighborhood is for sale at $230K.  It has already been reduced by $20K, but I think the renovation costs will be quite substantial given the list of things that need to be replaced inside a...

Hear me out.Usually the process is that first, you select a market you are interested in (especially for OOS investors) and then look for boots on the ground.Over the past 6 months, I have selected a few interesting m...

Hello All, need some advice. Last year I bought an STR using conventional loan. At that time real estate was at an all time high. I took out a HELOC from my primary residence for down payment thinking that there would...

Hi BP-ers!Recently my REIA hosted a speaker from a firm who write self-directed IRAs. This seems like a valuable tool for investors but when I spoke to my accountant about it she said they could only be opened by indi...