When I help new investors with buying their first property I often want to know what is holding them back from pulling the trigger.So I'll ask here. What is holding you back?

So I have to put $1,500,000 in a rental somewhere. The option (for whatever reason) is either LA (appreciation) or Baltimore (cash flow).Sure, investors never can agree to disagree on which is best, but the numbers se...

I have always been fascinated with real estate.I started in 2000 investing in a couple rental houses.My "AHA" moment came in 2008 to move away from the single rentals and graduate up to large apartment complexes.My ba...

I currently have 3 SFH rentals solely owned (1 in San Francisco Bay Area and 2 in Indianapolis metro area) and 1 apartment building in the Bay Area with co-investors). I have a lot of equity in the Bay Area house and ...

I see a lot of discussion with people saying they want at least $100/door but I don't really understand how it can be a good metric unless there would be a big value add opportunity with a big cash out (limiting the i...

Hi all, I'm a new member here, I've been wanting to own rental properties for a while and finally, I pulled the trigger and now in the process of my first rental!! After I sign the contract, I feel like I'm getting cl...

Folks - I am in the second part of my journey of investing in Memphis. I closed on a property on Jan 10 in Memphis. Property management has been turned over to Crestcore. The listing is at the following location:http:...

I'm trying to retrain my brain on this kind of product compared to the traditional Principal and Interest.  My thought is why wouldn't I do an all interest 10 year loan at 4.99%?  Prepayment penalty is only the first ...

I find myself browsing these forums less and less as times passes. Biggerpockets is such a machine now and while there is lots of useful advice, it's primarily aimed at newbies (who can't use the search function mind ...

I recently had my first call to interview a potential property manager for my first long-distance investment property and it left me a bit discouraged to learn of the reality of the costs involved.
3-5 weeks to rent ...