Nathan Gesner
Location suggestions in Florida
Help me out, folks!I'm in the market for a vacation rental in Florida. Our winters get pretty cold so we intend to use it for shorter vacations right now but will eventually use it for working vacations (30 - 90 days ...
Alexis Glenn
Best Area to start in the Bay Area
Hi Everyone, I am a aspiring investor -mostly interested in rental properties. I am hoping to make my first purchase in about 6 months using an FHA loan on a multifamily property. However, I recently moved to the Bay...
Sergio Dorval
Best advice for a novice investor needed
Good morning everyone, it's been a year since I last showed up here, looking for advice from investors with proven success records in real estate. I took your advice but was too timid to take the first step and dive ...
Jacob Hartman
Picking a State - Income tax or property tax?
Hi there!I have the means to invest about $40,000 dollars (down payment, repairs, closings costs etc.) into a 3/2 SFH in a desirable state with a buy-and-hold strategy. In addition to state income tax, property tax, a...
Pauline Charlton
Long Distance Investing
Does anyone invest in property more that 50 miles from your home? What experiences have you had?
David K.
Anyone else paying down mortgages rather than buying now?
Seems I keep getting beat on properties going for full price and more. These deals often have low returns and function solely on best case scenarios in my opinion. Anything good is snapped up quickly. At this point...
Paul Wolfson
Rich Dad Poor Dad - Do you rent or own your primary residence?
For those of you who've read Rich Dad Poor Dad, I have a question. Author Robert Kiyosaki advises to own assets, not liabilities. He says that buying your own house is a liability, since cash leaves your pocket each m...
Amy Jo Holweger
To sell or not sell a "mistake"
My fiance and I bought a condo about a year ago because we wanted to stop renting. The only thing we could afford in our area, Everett, WA, was a condo in a less desirable area of town. It's large, almost 1400 sf for ...
Mark Hughes
What is your true vacancy rate??
What is your real vacancy rate? Do you go back and actually calculate it each year or just have a number in your head? I typically input 8% in the financial calculators before I purchase a property but some are better...
Chris Boselli
Another successful BRRRR deal in Memphis!
Hello again BiggerPockets! Just wanted to share the results and specific details of our second successful BRRRR investment in Memphis, TN. Little background here....
My brother and I are real estate investors from th...