When calculating a COC return, would I only use the money I put up to purchase the property? I have put in some CAPEX/Renovation dollars into the property, would that also go into the COC equation?

Recommendations for a novice in real estate investment. Which strategy would be the most suitable to begin with, focusing on long-term growth? I'm not keen on fix and flip.

Alright so full disclosure first - I have always been very apprehensive to follow anybody who promotes a "get rich easy" style of real estate investing, specifically those that say beginners should be doing subject-to...

Decided to share my plan to get started investing to get feedback from the BP community to make sure it is a sound strategy.  Appreciate the feedback in advance.Current situation:Family of 3 will be family of 6 in a m...

I'm looking at purchasing some BRRRR properties and have been running into high interest/high fee hard money lenders who also have minimums that some of the properties don't meet.  I'd love to hear feedback from the c...

Have a SFR home in Plano TX. Class A neighborhood. About 8-10 miles from the new Toyota headquarters with others corporate headquarters already present or coming soon. Property values are going crazy!!!! I have a larg...

Hello my name is George. I am buying a 4-plex in Frankfort Ky. I am doing a 30yr fixed convictional loan and am scheduled to close in less then 2 weeks. Today the Leander told me that I need  to show more reserves for...

HI BP community, I have called several banks  and credit unions to get a HELOC for my investment property in Las Vegas , NV  but until this day I have not found a lending company/ institution  to help me with this ord...

Hello Bigger Pockets! My name is Greg. I've been lurking on BP off and on for awhile, but just became a pro member and decided to take real estate investing a lot more seriously. I'm also a recently licensed real esta...

My wife and I currently live in a home we purchased for $12,000 seven years ago.  We are located in the Buffalo/Niagara region of New York.  The home was zoned two family and we left it as such but have lived in it wh...