Hi everyone! I'm a newbie and excited to start my real estate journey. My goal for real estate investing is purely cash flow. I'm looking to purchase my first rental property in 2019 and was wondering if I should focu...

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I’m a reader and podcast listener, not much of a poster so I’ll introduce myself. My name is Jake and I am an escrow assistant here in Reno. I have been looking at buying vacant land that my family an...

Today's topic is a springboard off of @Lisa Phillips a Phillips Phillips Phillips excellent blog series, episode 2 on incorporating.

We will be doing business in NY and, with the advice of our attorn...

My fiance and I want to move to colorado in a year or so and I am wondering about student rentals in boulder. I know its a college town and I want to know what successes people have seen as well as not successes (not ...

I am currently in the foreign service and a Marine reservist. I have my money diversified between my Thrift Savings Plan (maxing out), investments with my in-laws construction business overseas, an S&P 500 SPDR, a...

Hi All,This is my first ever post on Bigger Pockets and marks an exciting time for me. I am a commercial real estate analyst living and working in Santa Monica, CA. For about 6 months now I have been absorbing any edu...

I just rented out my condo for the first time(in southern california). I lived there for a couple years and never really used the A/C. When it got really hot, I would turn it on once in a while but it never reall...

I advertised an apartment early in the month for a March 1 move-in and got a number of bites. However, I put in some engineered hardwood in the apartment and it wasn't show ready until mid-month and raised the ren...

I see no compelling evidence that buy and hold forever can produce real returns on capital north of what can be had in equities markets with very few exceptions. Please try to poke holes in my arguments below. Id love...

I saw a house for sale today in Nampa, ID. It was listed for 40K. The ad said it needed some work. It was around a week old. I figured it was sold but I would give it a shot anyway. Th realtor got back with me a fe...