I have found a property that I would like to purchase as an investment. To get the funds to purchase the property, I plan on taking equity out of my primary residence. I am trying to decide if it is better to refi...

Last Friday a grease fire at an apartment complex we own torched three of the units. I haven't made the trek out there yet to assess the damage, but the insurance assessor called today and described the damage. My p...

First and foremost, I hope everyone who was in the path of Hurricane Harvey is safe. My brother is currently buckled down and waiting out the storm in downtown Houston.

Once the storm (or any other natural disaster)...

Hello BiggerPockets community and hello to the East Bay REI community!  Two interesting things have happened to me recently that have led me to BiggerPockets.For one, my wife and I just got married and so we are in th...

Hi BP community,
So my friend is spinning their wheels a bit. They are planning to put a detached ADU (accessory dwelling unit) on the property containing their SFH (single family home) in southern California.  They ...

If you were participating as a LP in a syndication what would you consider to be a reasonable GC fee for overseeing SFR builds?

One very common strategy in my market is to take a distressed building, throw all the tenants out and flip it to the max. We're talking high-quality renovations to reach the top of the market rents. For example you ta...

I'm kicking off a conversation about rehab calculators tonight.In my opinion, a rehab calculator should do more than simple add up the major categories for you (i.e. roof estimate + kitchen estimate + etc.). The real ...

Hi all,
First time poster here. Appreciate the community, the knowledge, and all the helping that goes on here.
In short, I'm trying to understand the margins on new builds people are seeing in these days given mark...

I just replied to a thread and it made me wonder. I'm not on BP very often any more, but I still have a vast experienced history. One thing I haven't seen much is a how to or step by step approach to actually building...