Hey Everyone,This is my first (long overdue) post on BP after finding it about a month ago while reading everything I could find on real estate. First off I want to thank everyone who posts here. I have already learne...

Hello everyone, I'm currently in the Houston TX market and am waiting to purchase my first multifamily deal. I've been talking with my real estate agent and have an idea of what ill do. My plan is to house hack the fi...

Hello! I am under contract on an over/under duplex- the downstairs is 4 bedrooms with only 1 (large) bathroom and smaller kitchen area. You can tell it was a SFH turned duplex, and it is very nicely maintained with gr...

Could someone please explain the mortgage interest limitations in the case of a NYC Co-Op owner?
For example:
Co-op has 100 units and an outstanding underlying mortgage of $20,000,000 ($200,000 per unit allocated). ...

Okay, I'm mostly looking for reassurance that my plan is well thought out and I'm not making a bad decision. I am 20 years old right now in the Navy and I'm certain that buy and hold real estate is in my future. so he...

I have always loved real estate investing. I've studied it off an on for a few years. After some very traumatic experiences last year I figured it was time to get my feet wet.
I probably looked at over 60 houses &am...

Had a potential tenant/roommate once ask me to rent a room $250 bills paid. Laughable price, and a part-time job flipping fries could afford more than that. And, of course, the whole "they're making unreasonable reque...

I've been sending out some letters looking for properties.  I received a call from the daughter of one of the people I've mailed. Her father opened my letter and set it aside (but luckily didn't throw it away!) and he...

Hi, I am a new investor.  My partner Greg and I moved to Chattanooga, TN, wanting to flip houses short term to build some capital, then move to buy and hold, and eventually to apartment complexes.  We started very ide...

You hear a lot of people saying go multi-family all of the time. What are the downsides to multi-family, especially in regard to what people don't think about or know until later?