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Hello All. For the last 2 years I’ve been saving money and absorbing knowledge on real estate investing. Im ready to start making offers on properties. Im looking to get started in Myrtle Beach, ocean front or one blo...
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Hi everyone, I'm in San Francisco Bay Area. I have $300k heloc from primary home. I want to better utilize this money. I have two ideas:1. improve investment property with $150k, then the cash flow will be increased b...
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Hello everyone,I'm wondering how people handle their expense reserves and cash flow. Do you keep it in the same account? Do you separate the two? Do you put the expense reserves in a checking and cash flow into a sav...
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This will be the first year Im filing with my rental properties and was thinking I should go somewhere a little better than H and R block like I have in the past, I have all my receipts from the remodle and anything e...
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Current REI: 1 single family unit & 1 quadplex (pending) was -Goal: Enough passive income to sustain my current and future lifestyle (whatever that may be). -I’m new to BP and to REI and I am curious how seasoned ...
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Pursing a first-time home purchase and FI (financial independence) seems not possible from my position. Do you agree? What am I not considering? Should I change my risk-tolerance in order to pursue both goals? Any gui...
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So, I was browsing the Internet and found this article on Bankrate and since I know there are some wealthy BPers on this forum, I thought I would ask what your opinions are. I'm a saving and a believer of a pen...
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Ex. Owner occupied duplex in Sacramento. please speak English...thanks!
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I live in an increasingly expensive market. What are the advantages of doing a BRRRR on an existing property vs. buying the land and building a new house from the ground up? For example, are there more tax deduction...
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I am very close to closing on my first single-family home. The numbers look good for my wife and me but I was curious as to what we should expect to actually pay in property taxes at the end of this year. The property...