my fiance and i are living with a VERY comfortable mortgage right now. we bought our house about 2 years ago, and have put some work into it to make it very nice. recently, we have considered taking advantage of th...

Interested in buying first SFR investment, rental property for buy and hold and good cash flow. My budget is around 150K, cash payment.Which area would be better in DFW for current rental market?  [I live in Garland]...

I live in the Houston area and have several rental homes.  I am looking to branch out to strip centers or an office building.  I also know absolutely nothing about either one of these investments.  I seem to remember ...

Which do you think would be the easiest to wholesale in consistently and find good buyers for?

Yesterday we discussed the overarching market trends according to CoreLogic’s Chief Economist Frank Northaft who presented his market overview in Manhattan this week. It was a very thorough analysis that pointed to br...

Hello BiggerPockets Peeps! I'm a new "investor" (can I call myself that just yet?) in Portland, Oregon - finally joining in the conversation after weeks of "eavesdropping."  I'm a corporate management consultant and l...

I want to fix and flip a home. Specifically add-a-level to a single family and upgrade the initial first floor. If the home purchase price is 300k and the ARV is 450k, would a realtor agree to waive the 3% buy commiss...

I'm an active investor, however, new to this asset class. Over the last 20yrs my focus was strictly equities {stocks}, REITs etc. Considering cheap {starter} neighborhoods like century village, golden lakes or other a...

To anyone that has an LLC for flipping, can I operate as a single member LLC and still hire general/independent contractors? Or do I need to change the structure of my LLC and put the contractors I hire as employees? 

I'm new to real estate investing, but have unique opportunities in my career to get an advantage over other investors. I have been working for a civil engineering firm for a short time in Austin, TX. Working here has ...