I am trying to decide if it is time to sell my 1st (only) SFR Rental.  I want to do more deals, but currently I have just been reinvesting everything back into the first to pay down the mortgage.  My property has abou...

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Just over one month ago I finally closed on my first multi-family property. It is a 6 unit property in Jersey City. Below are the income / expense numbers & acquisition costs...

Why are you in real estate? What was the source of your motivation?

For me, I grew up with it. My dad was a professional and my mom bought and managed the apartment buildings. I spent my summers painting and clean...

I am focusing on lease options and in the marketing process other kinds of possible deals pop up. I am of the mindset to master one niche before schooling myself on others.

This came to me this week and I am wonderin...

Okay location is in a small CITY!, however looking at the microeconomics and the city seems to be appreciating  slowly per year. The vacansy rate is around 2-5% over the last 3 years. Here is the numbers.Rooms: 6 bedr...

Hello everyone!  First of all I have to say I am beyond excited to be a part of the whole BiggerPockets.com family.  I found out about this site after reading David Greene's "Long Distance Real Estate Investing".  Tod...

I am very new to real estate on my own, but I have been around the residential rental game my whole life since my parents own 19 properties, one of which is commercial. First question is, would apartment buildings be ...

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I am a recent graduate with a full time position as an engineer looking to make my first deal and continue on my family's real estate venture.  My parents started a real-estate business when we moved to...

For the last two year I have been in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor making good money and decided to pay off my house. I paid it off at the end of last year I have been renting it out. I plan to stay here fo...

Hello all, my credit score is around 700  and I plan on buying a multi-family when I graduate in 3 months and living in one of the units. I am looking around 2 places ( depending where I choose to work), Jersey City,...