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Hello, My name is Derek. I am looking into house hacking for my first property, but am have trouble identifying where I want to go. Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse are nearby. I live in Ithaca, but want to leave ...
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Hi Everyone, My name is Harvey and I'm new to real estate investing and the bigger pockets family. I've been listening to the bigger pockets podcast and I'm wrapping up Brandon Turner's book on Rental Property Investi...
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I house hacked my first home and rent out the bottom for 1100/month. My wife and I will be having a kid soon and want to basically duplicate what we have done with our first home but with a bigger house. We have rente...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Murray.
Purchase price: $225,000
Cash invested: $70,000
Sale price: $353,000
Reconfigured first floor, gutted basement, new H...
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Curious if you're hoping to acquire a loan through a traditional bank for a real estate investment do folks always mention it's not going to be they're primary residence?
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I am presented with an opportunity to purchase a wheelchair accessible home from a local bank for $68k. It's located in a desirable area in a mostly retirement community in sw fla. Besides the huge roll in shower and...
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Im about to purchase a home in IL. I can get the single family home for 150k, ARV is 158-168k. I'd have to put into the house 8k cash to rehab(kitchen). So I used the BRRRR calculator, and I should have a ROI of 16.1%...
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Looking at multifamily in the Cape Coral area, as well as South Florida. I'm new to the forums so if this post is in the wrong area I apologize.
Just wanted to get an overall feel for investments in the Cape if an...
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......and others do not? Look at Boise ID. Duplexes (and triplexes and quadplexes) are about as common as hens teeth. Look at Bangor ME. There are tons of small multis. There are a lot of examples like this throughout...
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I wanted to start a discussion on leasehold properties versus freeholds. My knowledge on them is quite limited so I'm not familiar with the ins and outs or the strategies that they could use. Does anyone have any expe...