I've recently gone down the rabbit hole of investing in real estate while attempting to join a friend as a partner on a deal. Sadly that deal did not work out. However, since  the opportunity has presented itself, I'v...

I live in a house that has a MIL apartment with it's own bath, laundry, kitchen, bedroom, living room and dining room above the garage. I live in the main part of the house. Not sure how easy it would be to rent out t...

Hello BP,I have read a few forum posts about using SDIRA as a means of private lending. I still am not sure how to go about doing this, and what would be the up front costs to me or the lender (I.e. my parents) if don...

Recently been thinking about how the bank views rental income and your personal debt to income (DTI) ratio. From what I've read and experienced with my two properties, banks will typically take 75% of your rental inco...

I own a house in Colorado Springs, co & heard from a friend on the zoning and planning commission that there will be a new road going in behind my house, with an easement and the potential for the city to buy my p...

Soon I'll be obtaining my first mortgage. I'm going the FHA route.I've done A LOT of shopping around. As I work to narrow in on my lender of choice, I've been surprised by how much the loan detail varies between them...

I have been working with a seller to purchase his duplex, however the only way I see it working is if I can purchase the duplex then convert it into two separate condos/townhouses. The duplex is in salt lake city. Doe...

Hello, I'll start with a little introduction about myself, my name is Sam I'm 27 of age at the moment from Waukegan, Illinois which is about thirty minutes away from Chicago. I joined bigger pockets to get education o...

I'm looking to start doing some direct mail marketing, driving for dollars and door knocking to stir up some off market deals. I've heard of two websites to get mail listings off of and I'm sure there are other ways ...

My full-time W2 job does not allow it's employees to get my license and be employed by a brokerage. Is there any way that I can capitalize on my Real Estate knowledge to save money on transactions without actually hav...