Hello BP fam! Here's my story. A couple of years ago, my Dad passed away and left me an inheritance. There is also a wrongful death lawsuit, in which I am starting to receive proceeds. I never expected myself to be in...

Has anyone used LoopNet to find a medium sized multi family apartment complexes and actually close on it?

Hi everyone, recently joined and am excited to get started on real estate investing. A little about me--I live in Bergen County with my husband and two kids, and during the day I work as senior in-house counsel at an ...

Hi BiggerPockets!My name is Michael Beal, an aspiring investor in a low-income community that dreams very, very big.Honestly, it's like the title says. I've gone through the analysis, I've searched and searched for a ...

I'm trying to find a calculation to help me compare a rental investment property to a stock / mutual fund investment. I've read that rental property CCR can be directly compared to annual return % of a stock inves...

Can you drug test a potential tenant during the screening process?

I know investing in real estate does not require any specific background, but I am curious how the mind of an Architect effects real estate investing for the good or bad.I am currently working for a small firm and loo...

I posted this WSJ article in the bulletins but thought I would share in the forum section as well.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703471904576003832552956602.html?mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1&

I just re...

I’m trying to look at commercial multi families and trying to determine how to value them. I want to know if I’m paying more or less than I should be for the investment. When I do research it comes back around to cap ...

Hello,My turnkey/rehabbed SFR properties have yielded CoC of approx. 75-100%+ (after refi). The average cash flow of all of them is just over $200 per month per door. I'd very much like to continue this strategy as I ...