My fiance and I bought our first STR last year and rented on AirBNB/VRBO throughout the year.  We are both W2 employees so we should be pretty simple.We bought the STR as a vacation home and do go sometimes ourselves ...

Upon my research of the FHA loan and the house hacking strategy, I know one of the perquisites for getting approved and not committing fraud is to live in the residence for at least a year. However, I have found trail...

I'm in the beginning stages of purchasing a 2nd home in Costa Rica. I'm quickly learning that getting a mortgage isn't a simple task. I've found options in Costa Rica, but rates are in the 10% range.

Does anyone hav...

Hey Guys,The name of the game has always been leverage for me. Building wealth can absolutely be accomplished by using credit, OPM, etc. Every now and then, I come across that investor who buys his properties all cash...

Rookie question here, Ok I know cashflow is pretty tough to come buy now a days, but I have been putting some deals through the rental property analyzer (single families) Here is what I am putting in for parameters. T...

Hello! New to STR and new to BiggerPockets. I am a full time real estate agent and have just reached the point where I can start investing myself. I found a place in a vacation area (2.5 hours away from me by car) tha...

I have officially CLOSED on my SECOND PROPERTY—a single family home, investment rental. This means that I now own two properties in Texas!
It only takes that one family member to start the generational wealth cycle;...

Just listened to the recent BP podcast about out of state investing (prices are too high in my area for good cash flow).   David Greene talked about finding a real estate agent, contractor, property manager etc in a t...

hello everyone.I'm currently doing my homework and analyzing 1 deal a day for potential rental properties. I think I found a great foreclosure in South Knoxville but I want to make my analysis as accurate as possible....