Hi everyone! I'm finally about to get started and decided to go the "build to rent" route. That said, the GC I am looking to use has told me it would cost me more to build a duplex vs two sfh's (same sqft) r/t firewal...

I would like to purchase an investment property in Austin, my budget is $175k max. From what I've read SFHs are better investments than condos but with my budget I'm pretty much looking at condos. This would be my fir...

Could you please share experience of owning 100+ yr plex? I've never owned a plex, but am seeing a 117 yr old triplex interesting. Looks like it can generate a good cashflow, but I'm not too sure what kind of headache...

Hi, I was supposed to close on a 20 unit building and 30 min prior to close, during walkthrough, we discovered a foot of sewage in the basement of the property. The sellers claimed it was cleaned up but upon a re-exam...

Hi all! I've been reading the blogs/posts for the past few months now and this is my first post. Thanks for all the wonderful insight!I am a buy and hold real estate investor with about 4 years experience. I have 14 u...

Hello All, I have dabbled in real estate for some time now. Personally, I only own two units but I have been active in helping my father "fix and flip" and "fix and rent" about 15 properties over the past 10 years. My...

I am just getting into investing and am working on determining my niche, I know my current goal is cashflow over equity. Simply because my short term goal is to be able to quit my W2 job. Once I have reached that goal...

I was introduced to a guy locally who bought a duplex with his partner for $70k with the intent that they'd live in the bigger side (700 s.f.) and rent out the smaller side (550 s.f.) for $700 a month. They each put ...

I've been getting more interested in real estate investing in the last few weeks and have been fire hosing information during my day job. I'm working on building some capital at the moment but I want to get at least a...

Hello all, I'm new to Bigger Pockets. I am looking for some guidance on whether to stick to US investment or to go international. I was told that Portugal, Panama might be good investments by a friend who is also an i...