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Diana Teng Should I Buy My First Rental Property Out-of-State If I'm Unable to Scout the Area?
5 February 2025 | 56 replies

Hi all,
I think my question above is pretty direct.
I'm interested to buy my first rental property, and after doing a brief search I see that there are quite a number of places out-of-state (I live in NY state)  tha...

Colleen Prescott Should I not invest out of state?
3 November 2018 | 141 replies

I just got a Bigger Pockets email with an article about all the reasons I should not invest out of state. I live in the SF Bay Area and can not afford to buy in state and that article scares the s*^+ out of me.

If I ...

James Piercy Nightmare 1st Property - Does it get better?
5 January 2018 | 76 replies

Hello Everyone,I currently live in one of the most expensive areas of the country (Bay Area, CA). I work in tech at an amazing company (Facebook) and I am extremely fortunate to have a relatively high salary for my a...

Priscilla Y. Would you 1031 exchange or keep this investment?
25 February 2020 | 28 replies

My husband and I have not been able to figure out the math on this and I hope that I can get some comments and suggestions from others. We lived in the SF Bay Area and own a townhouse as a rental. It had appreciated a...

Mike G. Palm Springs Vacation Rental Management
20 May 2022 | 45 replies

I am closing this week on my first property, which I will use for short term rentals in Palm Springs. I have done pretty extensive research on what to expect with city regulations and have used a lot of online tools t...

Ryan Detzel Do you provide linens? Pros/cons to both?
23 June 2019 | 27 replies

I was just under the assumption (like a hotel) that we would provide the linens but I spoke with some local owners this weekend and every place in the complex requires the guest to bring their own. This would make the...

Stanislav Perevozchikov First Time Investor - Rental SFH in Chicago suburbs
29 June 2020 | 29 replies

Hi everyone. A long time lurker, hopefully a soon-to-be first time RE investor. I live in NYC and would like to get into REI. Given the sky-high prices in the area, I'm turning to out-of-state properties. I've looked ...

Drew Hoffos Baby Steps or Home Run?
25 August 2020 | 21 replies

Hi Friends! Thank you all so much in advance for taking time to give your advice. My wife and I are looking to deploy between $180-$220k into investment properties.  We live in Southern California. Our initial plan wa...

Chris Schwartz Tax Liens In Illinois
23 August 2013 | 13 replies

Hello BP Community,

I am a novice investor looking to get started in investing in tax liens. I currently live in Missouri, outside of St Louis, MO. I am looking to invest in Illinois Tax Liens since the retu...