Hi all,A little background - (skip to the tldr at the bottom if you get bored) I'm mainly a buy and hold index fund investor. While I'm certainly no finance major, everything I've read about investing has led me to ke...

Hi- I’m living in Austin, Texas and have about 30k saved up for my first real estate deal. I also have about 120k in equity on a property I house hacked and bought about 8 years ago. I’m nervous/scared to take the plu...

Hi guys,I'm fairly new to bigger pockets and haven't seen a thread on Canadian tax benefits to investment property. I'm originally from the UK with a small portfolio and am now looking to relocate to the Nova Scotia a...

The general consensus in my area is that if you only have to negatively feed your investment by a couple hundred per month, you're doing good. Folks out here regularly will finance a rental at $1200, 1400, or more per...

Hi all,This year, my fiancé and I bought and moved into a house, and started renting out the old house. The old house is in just my name (the new house is in both our names). Both our names are on the lease as the lan...

Is it me or is bBerlin the best market in Europe?Since the early 2000’s the Berlin real estate market has been the stage and incredible transformation, a strong growth supported by many factors. Rents and prices of re...

Hello BiggerPockets - I could use some advice.  I own several rental properties in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I am trying to decide whether I should pay for water and sewer service or whether the cost should be passe...

I'm considering a self-directed IRA but have a few questions.

First, If I purchase a house outright how do I calculate ROI? Is it simply (Monthly Income - Expenses) * 12 / Purchase Price?

Second, since I pay Taxes,...

Hi,I plan on getting out of rentals because it is becoming harder to be a landlord in Maryland.I'll be selling them.. but was wondering if it is a bad idea with regard to taxes to sell all of them right away.I underst...

Most investors favor CF rather than equity build up.

The advice is get a mortgage as long as you can (30+years) so you can have a few more hundred dollars in CF.

This neglects the fact that you pay more...