With 2016 right around the corner, now is a good time to reflect on 2015 and what motivates you.Real estate investing offers great benefits to those who have the desire and work ethic to be an entrepreneur.  To be suc...

On a lot of new investor posts, I read that they want to replace their full time income with passive income from real estate investing. Which all in all is not a bad thing but I think their time frames to do this is n...

Hello Everyone! This is going to be a LONG one!I just turned 21 and I am preparing to make my first purchase no later than May of this coming year. I am very excited, but I want as much advice as possible as I am awar...

I come from the world of stock and bond investing, and am looking to diversify with fractional trust deeds purchased from a HML.  I'm considering 1st position TDs with <70% LTV.  The RE used as collateral are eithe...

My wife and I are both self employed so on paper we don't show enough income for a loan for a property.  This would be my first property. I was looking into a turnkey rental.  Ideas?  Keep in mind I'm new here and so ...

Given the choice to invest in a 30 unit apt complex or 30 sfr's, which would you choose, and why? Assuming the market is the same, etc...

I want to make sure I'm thinking about everything from sourcing the deal, fin...

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This is my first post on biggerpockets, nice to (e)meet you all! I'm excited to have finally found an online forum with such a vast collective knowledge. The purpose of this post is to gather as many...

So I have a rather tricky situation that I need to resolve at a rental condo.  I own one of the units out of a total of eight in the building.There is a copper drain pipe leak inside the common wall between my unit an...

So I just ran the numbers on a potential rehab property. Purchase = $310,000. Rehab = $80,000. ARV = $499,000.My profits before realtors commissions = $71,585. After deducting $29,940 of commissions, profits = $41,645...