I have been toying with the idea of buying a food franchise, and have been working towards it for last couple of years.  I calculated my current debt to income ration at 37%. It does take into account my current salar...

Hello friends,

Hope everyone has a good thanksgiving!

So, I started in real estate investing about 3 years ago. I currently have 4 units , two singles and a duplex.

All properties are in Norristown PA

1) My duple...

Hello Bigger Pockets,I have a significant amount of capital in a retirement account and not enough capital in the bank to purchase my next investment property.  Does anyone have experience with a self-directed IRA in ...

Hello BP community. I’m at the point where I’m really want to take action on getting my first investment property.We have quite a bit of equity in our residential property so we were thinking about refinancing and usi...

I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B.  I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...

Hello all,I am just starting to look for deals in the Twin Cities area, and it seems that most buy and hold properties fall well below the 2% threshold in the Metro area and quite a bit beyond. (I will confess here: I...

Hey all,  20 year old Junior in college. Interested in REI and owning rentals. Since I have very little capital and low income, I am planning on partnering with family to buy an out of state duplex. Can you take a loo...

We have employed this Property Management PM company 6 years, the manager for 4 years. I feel that they have accepted/managed the rent monies, but have NOT managed our property. Recently, the tenant move out, not...

Hello,

Looking into purchasing a 5-10 unit property north of Boston. I was always taught that the value of a commercial property is

NOI/ cap rate= value of building

I have done my research and determine my cap ra...

HI all, just getting started, looking for first deal. I found a MHP locally FSBO, it is 34 units over 7 acres, city water, with septic tanks which owner claims to empty yearly. asking $800k, brings in $91k/year, accor...