I'm in Austin Texas, and I'm shopping for insurance on my rentals to see if I can lower my overhead. Any suggestions?

Hi All,What Social Media platform works the best for your Real Estate investing journey?Background on the question: I earn my W2 from Cybersecurity and deleted almost all of my socials almost years ago. As I try to re...

Hi All,I've been pretty quite on BiggerPockets up to this point. But I wanted to introduce myself and my group, The iLiA Group, to the BiggerPockets network. Up to this point, my group and I have personally acquired a...

hi question I try and keep alot of my landlord and rental cost low  but am having issues managing while growing and expanding my business. Can I outsource management and still be profitable to a professional company o...

I am looking to take out some conventional loans with a small local bank. Any ideas how to do some due diligence on them?thanks

Hello all,I am still trying to get my first flip under my belt! I have a great team and mentor, and because of my mentor I've been able to network pretty well! I started out in the lower market in the South MPLS area ...

Hey B.P. Community! I'm new to investing and looking for a good lawyer who does lease option and wholesale contracts for California. I live in Los Angeles and I've been going to REIAs to find power team members, but h...

Seasoned investors, and of course anyone that has knowledge in real estate. Can you guys think of as much real estate terminology you guys know. From the basics like hard money lenders, different loans, to different r...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $146,500

Cash invested: $45,000

This was our primary residence turned rental.

What made you interested i...

If I am renting a place to live in, does that count as part of my debt to income ratio when attempting to acquire an investor loan for a rental property?
Hypothetical example:
Income 5k per month
Rent 1.5k per mont...