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My name is Karlos and I'm a new member from Covina in So. California. I have around 10 R.E. transactions under my belt but still consider myself a newbie. My focus is now on buy/hold real estate in cash flowing mark...
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Greetings! I am trying to build up a rental investment business in KC to provide passive income to eventually replace my primary income. I need some strategic and tax advice.
Here is the Background:
I own a 4 bedro...
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Hello Everyone,My name is Jake and I'm a 21 year old currently going to school for software engineering in the Milwaukee area. I have one more year of school left, and I really want to get into real estate once I grad...
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Tonight at our investor meeting we heard an ignored tale. One of that of the Federal and local regulations on rehabs have been around for 15 years and NO ONE has been applying them EXCEPT for the new trendy group that...
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Anyone else get frustrated by those HGTV shows that make it look so easy to flip a home? Flipping a home is a business and like any other - it requires knowledge and planning to actually be successful. I can't tell yo...
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Hello BP Community,
This is my first ever post on the forums. I am just starting out on my real estate investing journey and I am currently educating myself as much as possible and trying to identify my niche areas o...
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I currently have around 200k in cash that is yielding 5 percent in my brokerage account. I'm thinking of using that same money to potentially buy a rental property that could yield more and appreciate in value over th...
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With the forums being updated we are also looking at ways to improve BiggerPockets even more. Many of you are current Pro members or free members that may have considered Pro membership. While we already have exclusiv...
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Hello All! My grandfather recently passed and my (paternal) grandmother is looking to sell her home. My mother lives on a fixed income and is currently renting an apartment. My plan is to move my mother into my grandm...
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https://www.biggerpockets.com/calculators/shared/7...The killer on this property is the flood insurance. The lowest I can get it for is $101, and that's with only insuring the loan amount as well as having the highest...