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Rob Cee Anyone have success with out of area/out of state rentals over the long term?
17 July 2014 | 59 replies

I'm curious if anyone on this forum has had success with out of area or out of state rentals over the long term.  Investors in expensive parts of the county often have to go far away to find good cash flow and good nu...

Mike Levene House Hacking In Expensive Markets
16 January 2025 | 23 replies

Hi all, I recently started an informal real estate group with some old college friends. They are all looking at strategies to use for their first deal and many of us are leaning towards a house hack to reduce the amou...

Account Closed $20k saved & 810 Credit Score but I live in LA-what would you do?
1 July 2019 | 19 replies

Hi everyone! I'm brand new to both the site and the concept of Real Estate Investing, so apologies if this is awkward in any way, but I wanted a little starting out advice for my specific situation, and everyone seems...

Jag Sekhon Investing Out of State?
28 October 2013 | 39 replies

As someone looking to buy their first buy-and-hold investment property sometime within the next year or two, it's really disheartening analyzing properties in my area. I live in San Jose (right in the heart of the ...

Ryan Urban "Subject To" Question -- Informing the Lender
29 March 2011 | 25 replies

I have read that the best thing to do when taking over a loan "Subject To", is to immediately inform the lender so that everything is out in the open up front. Three thoughts on this, and I'd like your input:

First,...

John Moorhouse What did you all do before you started investing?
10 May 2019 | 41 replies

What did you all do before you started investing? What jobs did you have so you could raise the funds for a downpayment and such. I am 15, i want to own rental properties and am wondering what i could do to raise the ...

Kevin Lefeuvre Creating a LLC just for renting and managing my own property.
8 August 2019 | 16 replies

I have decided so far not to create a LLC for each property, instead using a good insurance. Also because getting loans is complicated in LLC and there are fees for each LLC (just $800 per year franchise tax in Califo...

Angie Shires Is your AirBNB vacation home paying for itself?
2 June 2021 | 54 replies

We would like to purchase a 2nd home, Caribbean, Florida, Gulf Shores, North Carolina...you get the drift. What we are hoping is that renting this on Airbnb, Vrbo, etc will pay for the mortgage. Now we know that it's ...

Mark Senecal What to do with $100,000
22 June 2016 | 33 replies

Hello BiggerPockets,I don't mean this as a hypothetical or click-bait question.  I am within a few years of retirement and looking to diversify my stock heavy portfolio.  I am in the process of moving ~$100,000 into a...

Marquis Harris Should I cancel my 401k?
16 July 2016 | 24 replies

Hello Everyone,Im not sure if this is a stupid question to ask, but I am generally curious about the subject and would like to know what is the best step to take. Should I cancel my 401k?To give you a little backgroun...