Jessica Long
Analyze this property with me? DMV area
Hello! My husband and I are entering into real estate investing. We are looking at this property to purchase as a rental. We will be buying from family and likely getting a gift in equity once appraised to cover the d...
Brooke Jackson
Scaling with an 8plex and a $2m vacation rental
I started in real estate investing 10 years ago when I bought my first duplex in Lehi Utah. At the time, lehi will still farm county but was starting to grow. I was living in Brazil at the time and my husband and I we...
Laurie Clarkston
Tax advantages for owning rentals
Is there any good place to calculate the specific tax advantage to owning a rental? For example: When I purchase a rental, how much money will that save me this year on my taxes? Besides quickbooks or talking to my...
Joshua Ferguson
Becoming a home inspector
Hello all,I’m looking into becoming a home inspector as a way to help raise capital for my investments. I live in Ohio and I work two 18 hour shifts a week so I’d have a lot of available days despite working a full ti...
Account Closed
What the customer wants.. APPRAISERS
I'm about to start a job as a junior appraiser for a CRE firm. Really trying to get a jump on my peers! My question to buyers is what was your experience with CRE appraisers? What things could appraisers do better? Wh...
Anthony Salazar
To house hack or to rent/invest out of state
I’m currently looking at a nice duplex in good area in Santa Ana, CA. The idea is to house hack. The rent won’t cover the mortgage but it will definitely help. The mortgage on the property would be significantly more ...
Logan Parrette
Market Analysis - Stuck in Mud, Plz Help!!!
Hi All!,I'm hoping there is some guidance on where I'm at right now. I'm ready to pull the trigger on purchasing my first investment property and feel like I am stuck at the infant stage of analyzing the market I have...
Travis H.
Cap rates - multi family residential valuation
In commercial r/e property value can be calculated as:
Value = net operating income/cap rate
Does this valuation apply to 1-4 unit properties? Or is that not considered "commercial"?
Granted from what I read instit...
Robert Vieira
Raising Capital for New Construction Project
Hi All,When raising funds for a new construction project, should one have the property under contract first?
Jorge Soto
First Investment property
I just wanted to share my first investment property deal with the Bigger Pocket community. I learned so much from people on here that I want to thank them as well as this great website. I used my VA loan to purchase a...