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Are you a tire kicker or a deal maker?
TIRE-KICKERS are unsure of indecisive of the market. They read a lot of information, spend a great deal of time looking around, inquiring but never really committi...
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New to the BP family. My question is what should a typical profit be after all taxes, Any payments, maintenance and or any utilities one may pay.
I was told around 7-8% not sure if there is a standard rule people go...
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I'm not too new to REI, i have bought a few houses that i have lived in and then sold. I also had a friend I helped into a house once. I bought it then leased it to him for a year. Overall i made a little over $10k do...
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I am getting ready to do a mass postcard mailing, but my question is should I mail the same postcard repeatedly, alternate? etc.
How do you mix it up, to get your audiences attention? Most mail goes in the trash, so...
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I have a short sale approved for $335,000 until September 22 2014 for a property in long island NY. Title came with a big surprise of 10 million dollar judgment... and the bank now has a sale date for September 16...M...
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Is there a such thing as paying someone a fee to set up a real estate investment portfolio? Not just a mentor, something much more robust than that. I promise you - I'm not lazy :-)!! Far from it. It is just that the...
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Hello Fellow BP members,
I own a home in Texas with my husband that I lived in for a few years. It is worth about $360k-$390k depending on how you evaluate it. We have a VA loan on it with a very low interest rate a...
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Hello BiggerPockets Community,
I hope this message finds you well. My name is Dzung Doan, and I'm just starting out in real estate investing. My primary strategy is buy-and-hold for rental properties, aiming to creat...
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Looking for some advice on how to determine if renting my single family home in a small rural town (about 3000) south of Chicago would be a better investment than selling and putting that money into low cost index fu...
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Trying to get started in RE investing. Thinking about a Househack within 20min of downtown Dallas. I know its a longshot, but has anybody been able to find opportunities like this (Duplex or Triplex?)Thanks in advance