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Can't find out why real estate is considered riskier than stocks. Is it only because of liquidity risk? Trying to buy second vacation home, so need to sell off stocks. Am I jumping from the frying pan into the fire?...
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I am semi-retired and living off my assets, but my lack of regular income excludes me from refinancing any of my real estate assets at the current low rates and high property valuations. I have two rentals and my prim...
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Just started investing in Jacksonville, FL this past February with a SFH and am currently house hacking by renting it out the rooms. I want to scale quickly into the apartment complex game but with little capital it w...
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Hi Everyone,I am a new investor in Boston and looking to Chelsea as a potential area to purchase my first multifamiy property. Can anyone familiar with Chelsea give a rundown of the differences between different areas...
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Okay so the guidance this week is that the market is extremely hot on the retail side, inventories are at an all time low. I saw an article the other day that said that there's about 4 million homes in deficit right n...
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Hi everyone!
New on here and looking forward to connecting with like-minded people! My partner and I are looking to start our real estate venture and hit the ground running. We are looking for multifamily ...
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Attention Landlords and Property Managers
In my neck of the woods, we are having record setting extreme cold temperature that seem to keep lingering on and on. In the past, we are use to having a spike for ...
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Hello BP,I have spent hours combing through old posts learning the world of commercial real estate investing.It has always been my dream to buy a small to mid size apt complex.However, I live in Seattle, and I quickly...
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I will be 52 next year. I have been consumed with setting myself up correctly for retirement (hopefully before 67). We currently own a home that we paid $269K several years ago. It is now roughly worth $340K. We have ...
What is a reasonable cap rate to find on current MLS listed apartment buildings, in a good neighborhood (A/B) in the $1.5M-2.5M if buying at fair market value?I know there are a ton of variances here, but if anyone ha...