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There's a popular post circling about why direct booking sites for STR/MTR are overrated. Although the author makes some good points it skips over many of the benefits and how the risks can be mitigated.
Owning Your ...
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Good evening, I am looking to connect with investors, buyers, and sellers in the Springfield/Decatur, IL area. Shoutout and/or direct message me if you are looking to collaborate and build a meaningful partnership!
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33 years old working with a funiture retail company for the last 10 years on a W-2. My goal is to start wholesaling and put the proceeds towards fix and flips and buy and holds. Once I have a portfolio I'm happy with,...
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Efficiency in a condo building across the street from major urban university. "motivated seller" in ad title
List: $120,000 (down from 150,000 a week ago)
Currently rented @ $1300
taxes: $157
condo fee: $387
Expens...
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I've been doing single family flips, wholesales and picked up 2 rentals over the last 2 years. After getting a Commercial lead that ended up not working out, but was a toe-in-the-water experience for me, I've started ...
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Is it possible to obtain a list of local multi-family properties? I've found a few driving by, but I'm wondering if there is a more efficient way of doing this.
Any information is much appreciated. Thanks!
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I read the 2010 article by J Scott titled "An Introduction to Real Estate Investment Deal Analysis" and I'm also reading the book "The ABCs of Real Estate Investing..." by Ken McElroy. The two sources calculate Cap R...
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Hello BiggerPockets Community,I'm pleased to introduce myself, I'm part of a design and build company rooted in Houston, TX. Our team, comprised of talented architects, engineers, and construction professionals, is pa...
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Evictions suck no matter what. Sometimes I read on BP some new folks are told to look for locations that are easy to evict vs looking for locations that just have fewer evictions per captia. Here are the highest and ...
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Hey Everyone! I just wanted to thank the bigger pockets community, here in my first post, for providing such a wonderful batch of information and advice about so many forms of real estate investing! I am hoping to net...