I'm starting out and already collected cash and some knowledge needed for my real estate investment deal. I'm thinking about the investment into an oceanfront single residence vacation house for short-term rentals wit...

Hi Everyone, just as a caveat I'm brand new to BP. 
I currently live in Chicago and qualify for a VA loan. Overall, I want to know if its possible to house hack in Chicago with no down payment? I'm currently looking ...

I would like to ask a question in a backwards way.  As a Realtor, what qualities do you look for in an Investor that makes you really want to work with/for them?  I am particularly interested in those working with Inv...

I've bought a new house and I was planning to turn my old house into a rental, I worked the numbers and they make sense financially for me. It'll be my foot into the door of real estate in which I've always held a pa...

In addition to working with clients I was looking at buying with cash a few properties a month to resale to investors.

My thought with investors is they can pay all cash versus the red tape from home buyers.No underw...

All, I recently began rehabbing a SFH that I plan to rent. I have a bare bones rehab plan in progress, basically just to fix everything to the point where it will be a good solid rental. However, I'm trying to decide ...

Hello all,

What are the best tax preparation practices for house flipping? I utilize two methods of home repairs: rehab then rent; or rehab then sell (the typical flip).

Would my tax planning differ in each of the t...

Hello Bigger Pockets!  My name is JR, and I'm finally ready to dive into this and ready to get my first deal.  I've been a PRO member for the past 5 months, been listening to podcasts and webinars, reading books, anal...

When you purchase a property and immediately rehab before renting out, do you add the cost of the rehab to your basis of the property, or do you take a loss that year? Does it make a difference if you have a bunch of ...

So I have been studying the strategy of rehabbing for almost a year and half while we built credit scores and retired debt to increase our debt to income. I've been actively looking for houses and running analysis on ...