This is just a question I asked myself the other day when I read a post by someone saying he would need at least 100K to start investing full time.

Im not really looking for a game plan on life here, and of course ev...

Does stashing away for vacancy really mean anything? The idea behind stashing for maintenance and Cap-Ex make sense, but for vacancy, say you start out with a new rental, and you put away 3-5% for vacancy per month. L...

I've seen a lot of posts about people eager to start an RAL and wanted to share some of the costly lessons I have learned and hopefully you can realize it before embarking on these projects. I've noticed the usual pos...

Hello all ! My name is Preston and I just graduated college and start my full time job next week. I want to get into real estate as soon as possible and will have a decent amount of money saved up by the end of the ye...

Hi Bigger Pockets Community, My name is Andres and I'm a new member at Bigger Pockets. I graduated 2 years ago from Florida State University, and moved from Florida to Seattle, WA to work as a software engineer. I've ...

I've gotten pretty comfortable using the BP calculators for BRRRR deals and traditional buy and holds. But what are some important things to consider when running numbers on STRs? So far, I've been looking at properti...

Wondering if there were any mentors who could examine my numbers on a rental house that I own.I own it outright. Zero liens.Rent: $1553 per month autodeposited Taxes: $8200 per yearManagement: 10%Expenses: $3600 (wate...

I'm flipping this house in Washington D.C and needed an extra bedroom. The two options were digging out the basement and adding a bedroom there or adding an additional floor and putting the bedroom there and leaving t...

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Because of the area I live in (Los angeles) I'll have to look elsewhere to do the type of investing I want to do. The benefit of looking outside my own area is that I can research various markets and pick a stron...

Anyone in this forum heading to BP Conference in San Diego this year?We closed on our second industrial outdoor storage facility, 5.5 acres in DFW. Would love to chat with other industrial investors or anyone in the c...