If you are about to purchase an investment property as a long term buy and hold and the current rents are below market, what would you do? Would you ask the current owner to bring the rents up to market value before c...
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Hello BP community! I am brand new to real estate investing and am just in the preliminary research phase. I have started and ran two businesses, so when the time comes this is going to be my third entrepreneurial ven...
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So I listened to the @Michael Quarles podcast on marketing and i figured I can do about $200 in marketing a month based on my current salary. I, like most, have more knowledge on wholesaling than on buy and hold deals...
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Hey BiggerPockets community!I graduated in May 2018 with a degree in Management Information Systems, and my day job is in Technology. I was born and raised in Mankato, Minnesota, and I am excited to start investing he...
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Hello all!I recently closed on a commercial condo unit (for retail), which is one unit in a building that also has 7 apartments. There is an HOA.We have been working with the developer to make the unit ADA compliant,...
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Hey guys! Super happy to report: the loan on my first duplex just funded and I'm expecting to pick up the keys tomorrow evening. Paid $700,000 for a duplex: 3 bed/1 bath upstairs and 1 bed/1 bath downstairs in the Nor...
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Where do you suggest for a first investment (multi family) with 200k living in Boston?
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Hello All,I've been searching for REIA's in the AV and it appears none exist at the moment. I'm new to investing and have been looking to speak with local investors who may be able to answer a few questions about the ...
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Hello community! New investor here need advice on a deal I am about to do. Feel free to roast, criticize or give any advice you have I can take it. Backstory: 22 years old about to get out of military after first cont...
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Like the title says, I have recently discovered Bigger Pockets and am so excited to have found a community/forum of likeminded investors!I have been “flirting” with the idea of Multifamily RE investing for 6 months no...