I've been going back and forth on selling my SF 1 bedroom condo in a 1031 exchange for a duplex-like property in South LA.  I'd really love some thoughts from the BP community on this.  Let me give more details to giv...

Hello. I come to real estate by a very tortured path.I graduated from college with a BS in physics in 1980 (yea, I am that old). After not being able to find a job, I went running back to the safe haven of academia ...

My wife and I are looking a buying a property from another investor that is a bit unusual.  The half acre lot has a 3BR 1Ba house and a garage that decades ago was converted into a 1BR 1Ba house.  The seller bought th...

Hi all,I was looking to refi my current multi-family (3 units) a few weeks back only to find out there waa a limit restriction on how much I can actually take out? I beleive it was 650k cap? My first property just abo...

Recently I have been listing some assets for sale and have been questions that I would not have expected, so I wanted to create a "top 10" lists of items you should know prior to buying a note:1. Know the difference b...

Hi BP folks..I've been noticing in Cleveland quite a few Triplexes for sale but are on public record as being a *Duplex*.  It seems the city has looked the other way on many of these for years.My questions are:- Has a...

Has anybody ever done this?Was listening to a Tax Podcast talking about potentially doing this via residential housing. Would be smaller in scale, less residents per caregiver (better quality of care), and less headac...

I have been researching residential assisted living homes.  Essentially purchasing and converting a single family home into a home that will house 8-16 seniors and provide caregivers, etc.  Does anyone on Biggerpocket...

Gals and Gents,I have read a lot in the past BP articles and listened to many BP podcasts, it's a pleasure becoming part of the crowd.Let me introduce myself, I am active in the NYC market, I buy a lot of class C prop...

I am at the beginning of remodeling a multi-family house and looking for assistance/opinions on renting out garden unit at AirBnb once rehab is done.The house is build before 1920s and has two condos (1st and 2nd floo...