After over a decade of doing this, I still don't understand how the debt terms directly affect the Cash on Cash return of a deal. For simplicity, define CAP Rate (:= NOI/Purchase Price) and COC (:= Cash Flow/Total Cas...

Anatomy of a Stockton Rehab - Lessons LearnedRehabbing a a topic that I have experience with. Too much experience really. I thought I'd put some photos together to lure readers and then work some Yoda like rehab-wisdo...

I posted this elsewhere but thought it might be good to post here. My hope, like most others, is that it helps someone else to not give up no matter how frustrating. So, here goes.... I saw the property, (2 unit 3BD/1...

My Husband and I live in California which is an extremely overpriced market. We'd like to invest in single family homes and possibly multi-family units. We are just starting out and want to do our due diligence in res...

My brother and I own 4 different multi-unit (2, 3, or 4-unit) homes in Michigan.  We have purchased them over the last 4 years or so.  We kind of jumped into the whole thing without doing a ton of research.  I feel li...

Romney named Paul Ryan as his choice for V.P. candidate... Personally, I love it, and think it will get the focus on the economy and solutions for America. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Hey everyone - we thought that we'd go ahead and let you all know that we put together a study on the 50 Largest U.S. MSAs to see which markets offered the best chance for regular Joe investors to get great returns ov...

Hello Everyone,Brand new to BiggerPockets and REI in general but very eager to meet like minded people and am hungry to learn and get into it. I'm relatively new to Florida, having moved here from the NY/NJ area abou...

Hello BP Members,I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy and sane in these crazy times.  I am currently under contract on a vacation rental in the Smoky Mountains (approx. 10 min from Pigeon Forge), with a closing da...