My last thread didn't get much traction so I thought I'd try this.With $1 million in cash to invest into real estate, what would you do?For example:1) One Big Multifamily with management2) A few smaller multi families...

One of the most common questions newbie real estate investors ask is:"I am a newbie and I want to raise private money to buy deals. How can I do it?"I will answer it using my personal experience. I started investing i...

Ideally I would love to get a fixer-upper duplex that I would be able to live in rent free while still keeping a full time job.  Are there any properties that are under 400K and that follow the 2% rule?   

Hello everyone. I'm not old enough to invest in real estate yet, but I plan on house hacking for my first purchase. I have been looking into the idea of "coliving" which basically means dorms for adults. In places li...

Hi All,My husband and I are in beautiful Oaxaca, Mexico and are currently in the process of buying a home. Here's the details:It's a 3 x 2 home, in a beautiful neighborhood called La Cascada about 15 minutes walking f...

I'm interested in hearing how many of you pay attention to what's happening in the news - as it pertains to real estate?

- Do you keep up with what's going on in the local real estate press?
- Do you follow nationa...

Hey BP friends,I was wondering if any of you had invested in Airbnb properties overseas, and if so, if you had some comparable metrics with some US-based markets? Average PP, Vacancy, ADR, ROI, tax advantages, etc.I'm...

Hi everybody,Thank you @Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner for BP. It makes my life as a newbie in real estate a lot easier ;-) Just as many of you, I have been getting more and more excited about real estate investing...

Hello, I am in the middle of a sale and anticipating a 1031 exchange for a NNN. I’m looking at my options. I’m looking primarily in the northeast (MA). I’m seeing 4.5 to 6% caps for 1.5 to 2.3 million dollar propertie...