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I am in desperate need of some advice. I have six properties with 14 units. I have owned them for two years. I own them mainly in the midwest. They are fine when they are rented out. They basically break even. I...
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Hey all- I'm an investor in Austin, TX and have been investing in real estate here for about 6 years. We're considering some investments outside our of local area and wanted to get some opinions from the BP community ...
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Hello Everyone!I originally planned on buying my first rental property here in my home state of California however, I am having a hard time finding cash flowing properties within my price range and for what I qualify ...
I moved to Portland, OR with the intent to buy a SFH & house hack or purchase a multi-family. However, Portland has declined substantially in terms of homelessness taking over every neighborhood, trash piles every...
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Hey BP community, I recently acquired my 1st Midwest Duplex. Below I provide full transparency into the financials and bid process, plus some key learnings. Documenting the acquisition process helps me best retain eve...
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I’ve decided on some basic criteria to filter potential properties in my market. Thanks to The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, awesome book! I’ve now started to actively track and research my market. I’m pretty good...
Hi Folks,
I'm a newb on my way to my first real estate purchase - A place to live, and probably house hack/room rent, and quite likely house rental after a few years of living in the home and getting situated etc. an...
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About to close on my first property and need to decide on how much insurance to purchase. The main piece I'm having trouble with is deciding how much water backup insurance to purchase, if any. I don't have any expe...
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I am starting my journey into real estate investment and would like to start building my team.I live in Toronto but would like to invest outside of GTA because of the crazy evaluation. There are several cities that I...
Practically everything I've read says this zip code is a war zone and to steer clear of it. But I'm eager to get into the game, and these type of neighborhoods are the easiest (financially) for me to get into.
Any o...