Hello! My name is Lynn and I am new to Bigger Pockets. I'm in the midst of educating myself on real estate investing and my goal is to pursue rentals and flips close to my home in the Chicago suburbs. I figured in a f...

Hi BPers,I'm starting to analyze multifamily properties and have developed a spreadsheet to help me quickly analyze deals. I would appreciate any feedback you have on the spreadsheet and areas where you think I have o...

We have around $2million kitty (little less than that).We have done investments before but they were around 60-70k, so this amount is way more than what have handled before.We still hold the previous investments but w...

My wife and I personally purchased a duplex in the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania area last year. We house-hacked while doing an almost complete home renovation in 6 months, moved out, found wonderful tenants to move-in r...

Hi everyone,

I want to invest out of state for long-term cash flow. However, I'd like to centralize my investment and I'm probably going to buy with cash. Thus, which markets am I likely to find good deals un...

I've noticed a decrease in the number of people doing ss flips in my town. I spoke with another company out of Austin who negotiates a ton of short sales and they said the same thing. More and more are moving to simpl...

I was thinking about the real estate bubble and there being experienced investors out there who saw it coming and called it "obvious." On the other hand, there were also very experienced investors who were completely ...

Hi everyone,Hopefully will be bidding on my first auction property this weekend (homesearch.com). I have read up ALOT about these deals. There are a lot of horror stories however usually there is at least someone in e...

Hello all,
So I'm about to rehab a duplex that I recently bought and am considering my options. I'm an out-of-state investor and so managing the rehab and contractors myself would be a little tricky.
Instead, I'm ...

I went to school and earned two engineering degrees (BS and MS). Then, being the glutton for punishment I am, I continued on to law school. This was not a series of random choices. Rather, there was a method to the ma...