First off, my name is Joe DeFarias and I am pleased to meet all of you savvy real estate investors. From the many emails sent from Brandon Turner, I've finally started my first discussion on BiggerPockets and I am thr...

Hey All,It's been pretty quiet up here in the Canadian section so figured I would quit lurking and ask some questions and hopefully start some discussion. I've been cruising trying to absorb as much information and se...

Why do our renovation expenses seem to be so much more expensive than investors I hear on BP podcasts or at conferences, etc.?  I hear investors repeatedly quoting renovation expenses of value-add apartment renovation...

If real estate is a stock, it seems based on seasonality buying in winter and selling in spring is the best strategy, There's always a noticeable trend within these two seasons. I can see myself, someone purchased an ...

I just sold a house and I want to do a flip to increase my cashflow so I can get into multi-family. I made about $40K on the sale of the home. Background on the market: Most houses here under $200k on the MLS are unde...

I think this topic deserves its own thread. This might turn out to be a hard read because I copied and pasted quotes from another thread.

Bill and I started a discussion at the end of another thread with regard to...