Hello BP! I am a newbie investor from Amherst Ohio which is about 45 minutes west of Cleveland. I am looking to invest in small multi family homes under 100k. I have been concentrating most search efforts in the nearb...

Hello! I am brand new to real estate investing and am chomping at the bit to get my first deal under contract!

I have found an abandoned house right in my neighborhood and trying to figure out how to go ab...

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I have a potential deal in Northern California. The house is probably 1k sq ft larger than any other house in the area.. when analyzing comps rather than using recent sold prices can I use recent sold price ...

Aloha gang! Just wanted to give a quick shout out to the BP community which I've been a huge fan of. I've been a passive onlooker for awhile now (browsing forums/reading articles) and am excited to learn and share mor...

Here are the skills and lessons I learned during the rehab of my second rental.
1. If the property has been vacant for over a year and still has fleas, there may be a raccoon living up inside the fireplace. (I can no...

In putting together a scope of work for a property I am planning to offer on, I am referencing J Scott's "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs".  As it pertains to plumbing, does the $200-$300 per fixture figure in "rep...

Being new and there being so much information I figured I would try to start a weekly thing for all of us newbies called "tip of the week". Hopefully, some of the more experienced investors will overflow this post wit...

So, my first investment property went sour. Being new, I think I dove in head first without thinking of all the possible issues I could be confronting.I financed a single family property with a hard money loan. Things...

Hello BiggerPockets Community, I am having an issue with one of my rental units in Indiana. Keeping the story short, a tenant passed away in the unit a couple months ago. They had no will. There are four family member...

Hello everyone,I was just wondering if you guys think this is a good enough deal for a real estate investor.I'm having trouble talking the owner down any lower than the 160k I have listed, is this still a good deal? I...