Hello everyone!My name is Chris and I'm looking to start investing in the Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Wildomar area in California.  I may expand to the Murrieta or Temecula area later but for now I'll keep my searching to...

I'm looking to purchase a 3-unit multifamily next year that I would occupy 1 unit of and rent the other 2. I will finance using an FHA loan and I know the minimum downpayment is 3.5%, but putting so little in minimize...

Hi there,I am looking into buying my first property just north of Richmond in North Highland Park.  I was wondering if anyone knows about the area.  I've read some articles that its sort of up and coming or gentrifyin...

After drywall is installed, what do you do to prep your walls for painting? It seems to me that paint doesn't go on as evenly as it once did. I'm not sure if it's the drwyall has been reformulated, the paper, or the p...

I did ask hundred of a real estate agents – What is the difference between CMA & COMPs. Over 90% of those agents I ask don’t have a clue and less than 10% their answer wasn't that great even. Most did have a  mix ...

I am so happy to have found this site!

My apologies if some of the subject matter has been covered in previous threads, but I am so new to this process that I'm not even sure what questions to ask.

Background:
I liv...

Have you ever thought about retiring early, traveling, and living your best life now? On today’s show, we interview Chad Carson, author of the new BiggerPockets Publishing book Retire Early With Real Estate.Today Chad...

Armed and dangerous with knowledge from weekend realestate siminar...looking for experience, advice and "costly education" points out there.  Is this the only feasible route to utilize retirement savings?

Looking for thoughts on or ways that REI's use for leveraging their rental income stream.  I understand rent first goes to the mortgage, then the management of the property and its bills. I also believe in having the ...

Hello All,I am working on taking control of a duplex using a long term lease option. The current rents are below market value and I plan on raising rents up to market value to add equity to the property while it is un...