My wife and I have been researching and visiting small multi-family properties in the Worcester, MA area. We're finding opportunities in the lower income areas but it seems most, if not all, barely meet the 1% rule......

Hi I am a 31M living in Mountain View and am looking for a rental investment property within 50 miles of my residence. My monthly HH income is 16k USD after tax.After looking at multiple properties and calculating the...

Hey guys!  First-time poster here, as I was directed to this site by reddit's /r/property management subforum for a recent posting I submitted. As the posting states, just won a bid through auction on a foreclosed pro...

The 10 Wrong Assumptions made by People purchasing real estate mentorship programs

That being part of a group of people all chasing the same deals, in the same area, trying to use the same strategies and techniqu...

I know most people on the forums are well established financially and have real estate acumen, so please bear with me and be gentle ;)I have lived in an owner-occupied duplex (top/bottom) for 12 years now occupying th...

There has been a lot of talk recently about short term rentals in mountain vacation towns (thanks @Avery Carl - but really your episode was awesome) but are there a lot of you who invest in beach towns? We own two bea...

Hi all,
I've been trying to find updates of the 1% rule and whether it's working in 2024, specifically when you're using a mortgage at 80% LTV, 30-year mortgage. Looking at rates today, if I were to buy a property fo...

Can people give me some unbiased opinions on a list of markets and what they’re seeing in those areas? Using a scoring system can people rate these markets on a scale of 1-10 for population growth, job growth, and vac...

Hey guys,Is anyone noticing a huge uptick in the amount of people applying for apartments who have service and emotional support animals?  In just the last 3 months, I swear 7/10 people have had one of the two.  I eve...

Hello Beautiful people of BP,So I had 3 tenants vacate at the end of last month.  One was evicted,  so no deposit return there,  the other two left after their leases ended.  One of the two left the apartment disgusti...