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I bought a house in Oakland CA for $645,000 in February of 2017. I’ve spent $50,000 on capital improvements (rental studio attached to house, new deck and kitchen on main house). The studio rents for $2000/mo. throug...
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Greetings BP,
I wanted to share my parking "activities" within the BP community since I see this a pretty obscure topic. I have made strides to help another investor find deals as well as take my own down. I wrote ...
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We all know that it is hard to find a great multi-family deal in today's market. It's better to "make one". We have bought multiple small apartments 10-20 units, that have had upside potential with room to increase ...
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Check out this article CNBC posted today quoting our Director of Operations, Scott Trench and CEO Josh Dorkin about House Hacking. Read it here: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/20/gateway-to-real-estate-house-hacking.html
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Hello, I started investing in real estate on 2017 and I have 7 properties (1 4plex, and 6 SFH includding my primary residence, ). I have a full time w2 job plus managing all the properties and I am getting good cashfl...
Educate me on this please. I’m newish to investing (3 properties over 3 years), and I live in one of my units. It’s going to be a perfect rental someday. It’s a 1/1 and about 650sqft. I can tell that whoever built it,...
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I am an eighteen year old looking to move around the Denver area buying one multifamily property a year for seven consecutive years. I know by making each my primary residence for a year I will receive lower interest ...
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Hi BP community,
First time posting here since becoming a part of the community in 2021. Question regarding primary residence loans:
I purchased my first property a condo in Raleigh NC in May of this year with a 5% ...
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Hey BiggerPockees community. I’m brand new here, but I’ve been listening to the podcast for a few months!! I have one real estate investment property under my belt, which I recently sold.
Purchased it in 2019 and did...
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A few months a go I posted the following:"Toledo has been making some big strides lately and has a become an investor hot spot for out of state investors. The city is ranked the #1 mid-sized city in the USA for new bu...