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Hi everyone,
My partner and I are just taking the first steps towards our real estate investment journey. We have our stable day jobs but we envision a different lifestyle that we currently have. For about 6 months w...
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Hello BP Community,First time poster here looking to get started in my REI journey. My fiancé and I are currently renting, and figure house hacking would be the best way to get started since we are also looking to mov...
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I was just reading another interesting discussion about cash flow vs. appreciation and the Midwest vs. the West coast and I want to make a case for a balanced approach, and I think my backyard - Milwaukee - is a perf...
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I just watched a video today about a company called 101 financial. Most of it was basic stuff about how banks make money off our money etc. But there was something very interesting technique the company founder (Alan ...
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http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3173f19e-5fbc-11e4-8c27-00144feabdc0.htmlA perennial optimist when it comes to technology, he argues that all that will change. Rapid improvements in artificial intelligence, for instanc...
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Honolulu recently passed a bill that gives some pretty intimidating enforcement teeth to an existing law, which takes effect Aug. 1st. The existing law states that STRs are only allowed in Resort zones or if the unit...
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I know we're all read about the 1% when it comes to real estate investing. For those who don't know what it means, it goes like this - A property that costs $100,000 should rent for at least $1,000 per monthA propert...
Hello everyone. I'm not old enough to invest in real estate yet, but I plan on house hacking for my first purchase. I have been looking into the idea of "coliving" which basically means dorms for adults. In places li...
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Me and a few other partners have 400k and are trying to get started with SFH. We are thinking about buying a few 300kish houses next year probably using DSCR loans. We would preferably not rehab and BRRRR as it causes...
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This may be the type of question a few of you may call me an idiot for asking, but give me some slack here, this is my first ever investment property. I have been searching around Bigger Pockets and asking friends/co...