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in your opinion, what is the best city in the U.S. to purchase real estate in for investment purposes? My husband and I are looking to diversify our investment portfolio by city and would love to hear your thoughts! W...
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I have just decided to get into real estate investing . I am a retired engineer, 37 years at Boeing. I thought that acting as a private lender would be a good place to start. I have high six figures in saving current...
Good afternoon Bigger Pockets team! I have a family friend that had the fortune of inheriting quite a bit of money as of late. Through a series of events, she is now privy to roughly $500k. She knows that I invest in ...
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Does anyone have experience refinancing an illegally zoned duplex? It's zoned single family, but set up as a duplex. It's within the City of Pittsburgh, which seems to be fairly lax about zoning (according to my PM)...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence other investment in Pensacola.
Purchase price: $109,900
Cash invested: $30,000
I purchased this home to flip it and live in it while on Active Duty stationed ...
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How did you all get started? Who mentored you?
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Hi, all-- Before my fiancé, @Raymond Northcutt, and I had the notion to get into real estate, we were both renting. I was fortunate enough to have a landlord that gave me my entire deposit back on the spot-- no issues...
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I rented my first home to a relative 6 years ago. We never increase for the first 5 years but then I saw somewhere that you can't rent your home to a relative for way below market price. I also read somewhere that the...
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Hey BP!Quick question maybe some of you could help me out. I’m trying to better understand the process for investing out of state (or even out of city).Basically: what is your process for choosing what state, city, or...
I guess the snowflakes melted under the pressure of my last forum (banned) post. Sorry but reality doesn't care about your feelings, or mine.
The truth is a lot of people in the Airbnb, STR, VRBO, etc. market are p...