Hello All: I have been working successfully in residential real estate and am ready to buy my first rental property. I am definitely starting small so I am looking in to out of state markets. My question is about fore...

Well finally, after 4 months of listening to every podcast on BP, reading J scott books on estimating and flipping as well as the FLIP book, both are awesome resources may I add, I have decided to take the plunge.I h...

Please Answer and comment back in an itemized fashionI don't do the ONE AT A TIME concept that HALF of the biggerpockets community seems to suggest.I do a scheduled showing, 2 hour period and whoever wants to apply, c...

What’s Up BP Community! Originally I have been approved for a standard FHA loan through a loan officer I met on BP for a duplex to house hack. I want to explore my options towards the Limited 203k loan as a first time...

A very common question around BP Nation is how to choose contractors and where to find them. Moreover, so many newbie investors ask how to estimate the costs to repair the property to bring it to the highest market va...

I understand that for OBX rentals, oceanfront is critical for maximizing revenue. My question is whether or not there are other optimizing factors, such as number of bedrooms. Is 6 or 7 the minimum to have access to t...

Question.  I'm thinking higher daily rent with a lower cleaning fee is best?  Say $400/night as an example with $150 cleaning fee which would be the going rate in my area so cleaning fee would essentially be a pass th...

Hey everybody, In my area there seem to be condos that will pop up which could possibly make good cash flowing rentals. They tend to run anywhere from $100-150K per condo. My problem is, they tend to get swept up befo...

My partners and I are currently looking at our first deal in the hudson valley area. The place is a two family home (3 bed room, 2 bath) currently generating $1000 per door with existing tenants. The problem is that t...

I know that Excel is fantastic for crunching financial numbers for our RE deals, but it can do so much more.  I am in the process of building a spreadsheet that utilizes formulas, buttons, macros, and hidden sheets th...