My wife and I have been following Bigger Pockets for the last couple of years including a few podcasts. I’m writing because I need a sounding board. I’d been involved in REI a number of years ago and in the 2008/2009 ...

Good Morning BP,Just finished my 1st module of Rookie Bootcamp, and thought I'd post here to introduce myself to the broader BP community. I, like a lot of people here, have been interested in REI for many years, but ...

I bought a house for 60k and am selling this month net me 80k and want to do a 1031 exchange. Do I have to escrow the 20k profit only or the whole 80k proceeds from the sell? Do I have to buy a property to defer taxes...

Hello Everyone,Im looking to get into the investment space and trying to gather information so I can better calculate rental properties in the greater Sacramento Ca and Stockton Ca area.
Question 1: what are the avg...

My wife and I own a couple of properties in Los Angeles (1 single family, 1 4-plex). After many, many discussions, we've decided to use our resources and move forward in expanding our long term portfolio and purcha...

As more people reach out to me seeking advice about dipping their toes into the rental real estate investment waters, it occurs to me that most people don't have their *stuff* together enough to get started. They don...

Hi all,
My wife & I sold our duplex in 2020 and used ~ $60k of that as a down payment on a town home for our growing family (purchased for $345k, 30yr @ 3.5% in 2022).  With 2 kids and a third in the near future,...

Hello Everyone, I am new to BP and ready to begin investing! I am a lifelong resident a homeowner residing on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, PA (airport area). My husband and I would like to begin investing in propertie...

I have a question regarding finding out or best estimating a property's ARV. After reading many posts and watching some videos it seems I get the same answer. Best way to get an agent to find the best comps and take t...

As I've been thinking about how much to set aside for CapEx/maintenance expenses, I keep coming back to the questions of: "How much should I really be spending on X?" It isn't a matter of questioning the percentage of...