Hi, This is Edward Yao from Hartford area in Connecticut. I am an actuary currently working in an institutional investment management company. Although I have been working in financial services industry many years, I ...

Im not qualified for FHA since i dont have two years of tax returns....If i form an llc and syndicate money, is it reasonable to get close to 100% funding on it even if its my first deal?

As the owner of a single rental property, I've been deducting rental losses every year, thanks to depreciation. I never thought much of it, because my W-2 income has always been well under the cap of $100,000 where it...

Hello everyone, I am brand new to real estate investing and bigger pockets. I need to inspect a house for the first time to estimate repair costs. I am far from a handy man so I could use any help regarding what I sho...

Hi all, I'm a newbie to real estate and have been looking to get a buy-and-hold property around the greater Seattle area since beginning of this year with no luck, and I was hoping to get some advice ...What I am look...

Okay, I was at a presentation a few weeks ago and the speaker stated there were 27 different niches in real estate investing. I emailed him but he didn't reply when I asked him what the 27 areas are and it's drivi...

I am on commission in my job, and although I do well, banks have been turning me down for loans because I don't have a commission history of at least 2 years. Prior to 5 months ago I was all salary. So based on this I...

Back in the 1970s when I first entered the real estate profession (my fellow bankers were shocked that I left international banking to work as a COMMISSIONED commercial real estate salesperson!), creativity in deal ma...

Hi All,I'm looking to buy my first investment property.  I live in California and am looking to buy something out of state, ideally in the midwest, with good cash flow.  Some markets that I have been considering are M...

Hi! My name is Blake, I'm new here to the BiggerPockets community. I am 16 years old and currently in the process of building as much knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the real estate market for when I turn...