My wife and I have a house in La Puente, California. We recently had it appraised for $475. This price, I'm told, includes factors such as it's current condition. (Zillow's Zestimate is $569k, but I have no idea how a...

I wanted to share my first real estate deal with the bigger pockets community. I purchased this property in 2009 for 238500 at 23 years old.. I took a check for about 17k to closing. Obama gave me 8k tax credit in 09 ...

Hi! After years of browsing finally decided to post...so much valuable info on BP it's ridiculous!

I have a duplex (held for 11 years) that would sell today for $205K (as is) in highly desirable neighborhood...

hello all,I just fully rented my first multifamily property. It is a side by side ranch style duplex in a suburb of rochester ny. I closed on October 1st, 2015. It took my dad and I 8 months to rehab 2 apartments.( my...

Anyone having enough experience to reflect and learned lessons, wish they'd started out differently than they did?  For example, knowing what you know now, would you maybe started investing in multi family instead of ...

Hi Everyone,We are engaging with a new property manager for a 100k SF multi-tenant building we own. In addition to their % management fee, they want to charge a construction management fee as a % of the project cost f...

Hi. My name is Ebony and I am new to real estate investing. I've made an offer on a few deals but was out bidded. Recently, I came across a property. The property is located 3 hours away from me. I am in Houston ...

Hello, after reading many posts and doing research I've come to realize many people are spending around 20-25k on rehabs. The problem is, I'm spending anywhere from 35k-50k. Am I going overboard on the rehabs? Our ...

Hello everyone. There is a duplex that I would like to purchase however the owner will not go down on the price and insist its a money maker at the asking price of $115k. All utilities are not separate and I would hav...

Hello BP,I've been a BP member for years but haven't posted anything until now. I'm honestly slightly skeptical about the type of responses to 'dumb' questions that I as a novice will undoubtedly ask will receive. In ...