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Hello everyone, I am a practicing pharmacist/ pharmacy owner from San Jose, California. I recently stumbled upon BIggerPockets and am now obsessed about REI. I have zero experience in real estate investing, but I am i...
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Hello! New to STR and new to BiggerPockets. I am a full time real estate agent and have just reached the point where I can start investing myself. I found a place in a vacation area (2.5 hours away from me by car) tha...
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Hi. I'm in NY, which is not a landlord-friendly state, so I'd l like to invest out of state. What have you encountered investing in a state other than the one you reside in? How did you work to establish trust with th...
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Hi all! I'm finally ready to make the leap and purchase my first buy-and-hold rental property. I've recently found one that I like a lot, however they want cash for it. While I have about half the cash on hand, I'd li...
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Hello. I have saved up for my first real estate investment. I am moving to Dallas,TX and wanted to take a step out and get started there. Since The area will be new to me and I don’t have any connections there yet I w...
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We're headed down the path to purchasing our first rental property via a well-known turnkey provider. They've recommended a lender to us, and we're at the pre-qualification stage.We're likely to buy 2 properties this ...
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Greetings all, I have listed my basement apartment located here in Toronto on many websites, including realtor.ca since July. There were many interests, shown the unit to many potential tenants, however, it appears to...
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Hi BP,how would you invest your 20K?with all the options in RE i want to see what you would do with 20K. my situation:1. i will be stationed in the US in 10 months and will have 20K to invest.2. i will need to live in...