I've seen multiple debates surrounding Dodd Frank and am feeling very lost. Some passionately feel investors should back away, while others feel there are still creative solutions for desperate home owners. Looki...
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The purpose of this post is to provide hope to those trying to make it in a high priced market such as Hawaii, California, New York, etc.My wife and I made $600,000 doing live-in flips in Honolulu. It took us 11 year...
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I'm so excited to FINALLY be able to share the news about our first deal, a BRRRR! I've been (im)patiently awaiting this day, seeing as the project took a BIT longer than we had planned. Here's our story--my husb...
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Hey all, what would you recommend doing with a STR property that's just barely breaking even after all expenses? It's a 3 BR old bungalow in Tampa that I'm renting out on Airbnb. My prop management is handling everyth...
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I am selling a building, doing a sale-leaseback to keep my operating business in the location under a new lease. I have yet to identify an upleg for a potential 1031 exchange, but what I would really like to do is pul...
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Please help clear my mind from my skewed point of view of how REI works.My goal is to buy a multiplex apartment building and live in one of the units. So I'm guessing that I'd have to put something like $50,000 down f...
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Hi, newbie here.For my first real estate investment, I am considering an existing STR that is for sale in Blue Ridge, GA. I have run the numbers using DealCheck and no matter what I do, the property shows a negative c...
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Hi guys. Can any actions be taken against the mortgage broker for not locking in my rate when the rate was still low? We have been trying to refi since November. We are in March and we have submitted everything they a...
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Hello BP,Before I go into the deal specifics I feel like I have to justify WHY I am choosing to invest in San Diego. Essentially it all boils down to my current situation. I am a first time buyer, Navy veteran current...
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I made a goal for 2018 to listen to all the BiggerPockets podcast. I just finished episode 310 and I think it's impossible to summarize in a short form everything that I learned. However I think it's worth mentioning...