I was just curious if anyone else is buying retail space with laundromats. I'm a multi-laundromat and have greatly benefited from the cash flow laundromats can bring and the potential equity gains you can achieve by o...

I have a single family home, currently housing two adults on a month to month lease. Since the house was originally seen by the tenants on Airbnb, we ended up doing a formal lease and off of the Airbnb platform, due t...

Hello,Long time lurker first time poster! I am thinking about doing a cash out refi on my current home in order to invest in my first investment property. I am estimating that I have about $100k in equity in my curren...

I'm planning to use a GC when I find my first house (assuming it needs enough work to require a GC). Is there a rule of thumb for what % markup I should factor in for the GC when estimating the repairs to determine ho...

I have been on bigger pockets for a couple of weeks now a I have found all of you to be a wealth of solutions and answers so I thought I would share some details of my situation to see if there is any hope at all. I s...

My husband and I want to purchase a 2nd rental property. We have been listening to the podcast and reading the books. It seems like the advice when running the calculators is to budget $100 per unit each for cap ex, m...

Hello all, I have seen some SFH's and MFH's that meet or are close to the 1% rule upon first glance in the Sacramento, Modesto, and Fresno markets. Just curious, would you invest in a SFH or MFH in any of these Califo...

I have been wondering what would be a better strategy, making two extra mortgage payments/ year or using that money elsewhere. I'm going to use a basic mortgage calculator for the doing the math on this example.If I h...

I am considering the path of being a private money lender for fix and flip investors (I don't have the money to lend at this point, just doing the research).   I am curious as to the reality of lending out short term ...

I just came across a story on Bloomberg about Home Partners of America Inc. (formerly Hyperiod Homes Inc.) -- they buy single-family homes and rent them out, but give tenants the option to eventually buy the homes.  I...