Corey Bruyere
Multi-family House Hack vs Renting and other General Questions
I'm a frequent visitor and listener of the Bigger Pockets forums and podcasts. I'm looking for some insight on my plan of action to get into real estate investing, so please bear through the back story along with the ...
Charlene Turczyn
Converting a small 3200 sq foot commercial building to a Duplex
We currently own a small commercial building, that I had my business in for a number of years. Springfield Illinois is losing businesses at a rapid pace. Our commercial building is zoned for multi family and is ...
Rod Zahavi
Buying New vs. Old. Finding a Hassle Free Investment Property
When investing in real estate one of the key factors to consider carefully is the age of the property. Prices on older stock may be tempting, but going with a new investment property has many important advantages. In ...
Account Closed
Rehab neighboorhoods a good place to start? (Portland, OR)
I originally was going to PM this to EricFoster, as he is one of the more active investors in this area, but decided maybe to post it here to get any other investors thoughts (Portland area or not). Basically it was ...
Jessica Yau
NNN lease/commercial in Michigan
I'm doing my very first 1031 exchange. Selling a multi-family property in Oakland, CA that I've held for 14 months, earned 2x investment. Not seeing attractive CAP rates/cash flow in my area right now so am starting t...
John Teabout
Strategy for cashing out investment property with conventional mortgage
My wife bought a condo for 178K with a conventional mortgage (10% down, 4.25% APR) in 2019 before we were married. Then I bought a bigger condo for our primary residence in 2022 for 275k with a conventional mortgage (...
Karen Higgins
Insurance rates increased 52% over the last 2 years for an apartment building...
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed, but insurance rates are bananas right now! I just got my statement for the upcoming year and the premium has increased 52% over the past 2 years. I'm looking for any re...
Stephen James
Austin - large offers over asking
I'm noticing that in January, houses seem to be going for way over asking price, even compared to 1 month ago in December. Looking at stats I saw houses going for 30-40k over. Now they're starting to go for 60-70k ove...
Donvier Laffitte
New guy in Grand Rapids MI
Good Morning Everyone,Another new guy here. Looking to get into multi-family properties (at least initially). I just stumbled across this site a couple weeks ago, and have been looking through as much of the informati...
Jimmy H.
The Midwest Rust Belt
I have been researching different markets around the country. Most will be quick to reccommend TX, AZ, FL, and CA.
As far as cash flow goes I don't see anything in those areas resembling the type of cash achievable i...