My name is Andrew VanCura. I am a recent college graduate from Illinois. I am 22 years old and ready to create the vision that I have dreamed about for years; a shipping container apartment building. I have done years...

Hello from San Francisco!

I joined BiggerPockets to share my expertise in condominium management and property management. While my professional career has been in consumer credit underwriting and credit bure...

I said it years ago and I'll say it again: Hawaii is not a good place to invest in short-term rentals. They claim it has to do with the housing crisis, but I suspect they're being pushed by the hotels and resorts.I vi...

I found a property in a very good area of Southern California where the seller added 2 additional units (attached) to the back of her house. The main house is approximately 2,500 sqft and she added another 1,000 sqft ...

Economic Update
(Monday, March 22, 2012)
The TV commercial used to say “When E.F. Hutton speaks everyone listens.” Well, E.F. Hutton is no more. Now we have the Federal Reserve. And when the Fed speaks, truly EVE...

Good evening everyone,I just had a quick question.  I'm wondering how people usually tell if properties are appreciating in certain neighborhoods? There's probably an easy way so excuse me if this is such an easy ques...

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I was originally trying to buy a two-family in a good school district to househack, but the market is too hot now that I do not feel like overpaying those move-in condition properties. Right now I'm exploring th...

Hi Everyone,  Good day!  I am a newbie here and I was wondering if anyone knows a good institution for the self directed IRA account that would allow REI later on.  I heard that some institutions allow it and some don...

I purchased property in Greenhills over ten years ago. This was (is) a rehab home I wanted to fix and flip. My mind has been blown away by what is going on in Nashville as far as "infill" market goes. I want to develo...

Recently, a friend and fellow real estate investor approached me with an opportunity. He wants to build 3 to 5 1,000 sqft homes in small towns that are within a 30 minute commute to a mid-size city in Texas. Through a...