When looking to invest out of your local area, what are some of the first things to look at? 
How do you determine good vs bad areas?
Pricing rents? just craigslist for comparison?
Do rely on a realtor from the are...

Hi folks,I'm closing on a property in Hawaii using a Second Home conventional loan and intend to live there for at least a part of the year. My lender sent me a bundle of documents to preview before signing and I am n...

Hi all, my name is Carolyn and I am an undergraduate exploring real estate investing for a research project at MIT. As a part of this research, I am trying to understand -

1. Types of tools real estate investors ...

Hello BP, I'm a soon to be real estate agent, I'm planning to start investing soon but with the exam for my license is closing in, I'm realizing that once I obtain my license it's a different game, so I want to know w...

Good Evening all!Wanted to discuss a property I took a look at today. Going in, I wasn't dying to buy this place. My goal was to get a better understanding of what is on sale in the market from a small multi standpoin...

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My understand is that you can only deduct interest from a loan on your taxes and not the whole loan payment.
say I buy a $1,000,000 apartment building that generates 6% ROI( not including loan payments). And s...

I'm a newbie to the wholesaling world but I'm trying to understand the seller's remaining home equity in this transaction.When you're on a call and seller asks "what happens with the money I put into my home?" What's ...

Looking into wholesaling to fund my real estate start up. I have decided upon this route because I am still paying down debt BUT dont want to get analysis paralysis. I do want to pay down my debt as well as get some r...

If someone might be able to qualify for the full amount of the purchase price from a lender, is there any reason why seller financing might be a better option? I understand that for the seller some benefits would be t...

Looking at a property with plans to split it into two pieces. If we do this, and plan to develop one, how does that affect appraised value? We would obviously purchase initial piece with 1 loan, but then may sell one ...