My wife and I own a multifamily and submitted a claim to our insurance company (Vermont Mutual) for a roof leak in May of last year. We've experienced frustrating delays throughout this entire process, and while we've...

Hi BP, I've just bought a property in Rancho Cucamonga in California  and rent it out from last year. Since I live in Southern California, the price of real estate is kind of high. Therefore , although I've already pu...

Today we got a little house under contract and it will be our first short term rental. Over the last few months, I have read countless posts on BiggerPockets about how short term rentals have been struggling with canc...

For my first real estate investment, I am analyzing many single family residences for a buy and hold in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. I have been doing a lot of research and I keep reading that a smart investment ...

Hey guys!

Do you take into account vacancy rate when calculating operating expenses? My cap rates are always lower since I take into account ALL my operating expenses:

-property insurance

-tax

...

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $95,000 Cash invested: $10,0002 Bed / 1 Bath house near a college campus. Rents for $1,150 and cash flows ~$250/mo. Current ow...

Kinda new to real estate investing, looking to invest primarily for long term wealth building and diversification, don't necessarily need the cash flow now.Property is ~$120,000 townhouse (3 BR, 2 BA, 1400 sqft), rent...

I've been given several different answers from friends and acquaintances in regards to purchasing a foreclosed home at Auction.  I have heard both, that you need all cash to be able to bid on properties in foreclosure...

I have been looking for properties in the Dayton, OH area and am struggling to find places that cash flow.  The primary culprit seems to be the high property insurance rates.  Obviously the solution is simple: find be...

I posted a few thoughts I had on another post.  However, I think I have more solid thoughts and questions now.I really want to do buy and hold real estate investing.I have about 20K in a PLOC, a credit rating about to...