Hello all. I apologize if this post is poorly written!!I have been doing research into the hold strategy of: buying with cash (personal or borrowed), then rehabbing, renting and refinancing with conventional after sea...

For people in this space, or in RE investing in general..how would you answer this question...A couple wants to retire in 5 years, they would like to use short term rentals to supply them with 60-80k a year to live on...

Hi BP community,I am looking for property investment opportunities that can meet 1% rule. Based on my conversations with several agents in TX, FL and CA, the housing markets there are very crazy. Hardly can find 1% re...

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2012/02/23/forecast-austin-job-growth-revs-up.html?ana=lnk

Some highlights:

19,000 new jobs are expected this year after 13,000 last year.

Unemployment rate could drop below 5...

Har har har. I don't like it. 

First off congratulations @Brian Nguyen on your first investment property! I see a lot of posts on here about how the north side A and B class areas don’t cash flow, etc. I want to show that you can find cashflow in n...

An older friend (close to 70) owns a rental that makes a small positive cash flow.
There is an existing mortgage of about $15K which he could pay, but has been saving that $15K (and more) for down payment when he fin...

So I've got a newbie question - Let's say I have my current primary residence and then I find a new home that I want to buy as my new primary residence. I don't qualify for both mortgages so the traditional thing to d...

Hi everyone, I am a Senior Business Analyst here at BiggerPockets. My team is currently working to bring new features to the BiggerPockets community, many of which will focus on using broad real estate investing marke...

I have heard some people mention this. Do you actually go through the Realtor or do you contact the seller directly and work out terms that way. thanks.

Dave Humphrey