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I saw a house in a nice neighborhood that looks kind of outdated. Upon looking through its windows, it even seems it’s vacant. What are the steps folks have succeeded with in meeting the owner and then finding out whe...
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BP Experts,My wife and I bought a duplex and we're going to occupy one side and rent the other. The timing is going to be a little difficult to fill the empty side. Here's the situation; we close 8/19, the occupant on...
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Hi Bigger Pockets community!
My name is Tim Lee and I’m a complete newbie real estate investor living in San Francisco. During the COVID-19 quarantine, I’ve read 5 real estate investing books including The Book o...
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Hello,First I want to apologize. English is not my first language.I purchased a retail building with a single tenant about a year ago. The lease states every year it adjust to the Bay Area CPI San Francisco/San Jose/ ...
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Also another 8.5% drop just today.http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/07/chinese-stock...http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/09/will-chinese-buyers...From the articles:- Chinese are the largest foreign buyers of US housing.- Ch...
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Hello Cbus,I moved back to Cbus a few years ago (born and raised here, just returning). I own a property in the Seattle area I plan to sell and reinvest the funds into the Cbus RE market. Turns out my Seattle property...
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Hello all, I'm interested in buying rental properties within the US (cash to avoid financing headaches.) As an overseas investor is there anything I should be thinking about? Does anyone know if I'd have to tax? Looki...
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Is it better to buy a Victorian three plex (with my 3 bdrm owners unit as the first floor) plus a fourth unit detached 2/1 in back.....
OR continue to rent?
I live in a very desirable area 15 - 20 minutes from San F...
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My name is TJ and I live in the East Bay across from San Francisco. I've had an interest in real estate for over a decade and would like to focus more attention on achieving my goals in real estate. My goal is to gen...
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Hello there BiggerPockets community.I'm a new investor starting to explore real estate investment. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and like many who live here, trying to figure out how to get started in building...