Welcome to A Skeptical Real Estate Dude my weekly post on market insights coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all y...

Hello BiggerPockets Community,
I'm kicking off the new year with an exciting venture: I've just established my own real estate investment LLC!
I'm currently exploring banking options that align well with this specif...

So this weekend i volunteered with habitat for humanity in baltimore maryland. They are renovating at least 10 homes on this block which makes me think that this is a gold mine. Is it a good idea to purchase a propert...

I'm looking for some knowledge around insurance. I own a rental property and it is a LLC. The property has 2 different units on it. The main house and an accessory dwelling unit. Each unit is rented out to different t...

Hello everyone,I am new to BP and am excited to meet and network with you!Purpose?: The idea of this discussion board is to gather as many like-minded investors as possible regarding the Multi-family Market in Canada....

How is your MF market price appreciation?I hear a lot of folks claiming their market is on "fire", but nobody ever supports that with data...our local MF market in Columbus, Ohio has appreciated at a year-over average...

We just purchased a 4-plex with a bad roof and one moldy unit for $116,500. We have a new roof scheduled to be installed in 3 weeks, but need to make some big decision on the other renovations. Each unit needs new pai...

Anyone investing in small multi family in Chicago? I’m curious what your CoCROI is…I keep analyzing deals with very low CoCROI. Is this common in the Chicago market or markets with high property tax? 

Real estate gurus teach: Only buy rental properties based on actuals (actual net operating income) not based on pro-forma (or projected net operating income).Although it sounds good and reasonable, after doing this si...

When buying a property I always calculate 10-15% for delinquency and vacancies. With my portfolio this is a conservative average however I have a fourplex with small one bedroom units that seems to take a long tim...