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Good Evening Everyone,My wife and I are trying to figure out which is the best route to take for our first time home buying. We live in an apartment in NYC with our 2 children paying $1820 per month in rent. We hate l...
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I manage my own properties in Orlando Fl an own my own property management company. In the past I have not been charging a lease renewal fee when the past year lease expires. I have been just letting the leases go mon...
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Exciting things are happening in Grand Rapids with the medical development, and the GVSU college area. Not to mention all our new breweries. This town is hopping!!I have several success stories involving our investo...
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Hey Everyone! If you are new to BiggerPockets and Real Estate Investing, you might feel a little lost when it comes to all the REI terms that are thrown around in the Forums. Be sure to bookmark our Glossary where you...
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Hello All-My wife and I have rentals in Ohio but she is from Louisiana and the area tugs at her heart so we are looking for multifamily in the area. We do have a family friend born and raised in NOLA that can be our b...
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Why all the effort?
When my partner and I decided to start a real estate investment company at the beginning of 2020 we had most major questions answered.Our goal was to use the BRRRR strategy to buy single family ...
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Hey everyone, I've been exploring markets outside of the greater NYC area, primarily for better cash flow opportunities, and have been doing a deep dive into Cleveland, OH. There have been some very informative posts ...
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Let me start by saying that with my self-directed IRA, I'd like to ultimately get into rentals and having the cash flow from them. I also would like to invest in mortgage notes. My issue at the moment is that I only h...
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Hi, so my name is Ben and I am a 2nd-year student at the University of Maryland College Park. I'm studying computer science to become a Software Engineer (or wherever the degree takes me).Short BackgroundSo I've been ...
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Hi allI am trying to research other areas in Texas that would be worth looking at to start investing. I live in NW Fort Worth, but was thinking maybe there are other areas other than the big 4 usually mentioned, that...