Hello, I am 26 years old, single, and moving to Austin TX in the next couple of months. I have set a goal to save up at least 25k in 1 year to invest in a house hack, whether that by a duplex triplex or fourplex. My 5...

Hi all,TLDR:  I'm 50 and want to scale quickly and be FI in five years. For my first MF, should I start small with a duplex or jump straight to large MF since I want to eventually get there anyway?  I.e., is there val...

This question has been asked so many times that I have decided to write up a crash course in analyzing financial statements. You don't need to be a financial wiz to invest in real estate, but you really need to under...

Hi BP!  Quick and easy question for all the new or soon to be new landlords out there.  What's your biggest fear of becoming a landlord?I am here in Chicago and have had pretty good luck so far with decent tenants, ho...

Hi everyone,
My parents have owned a 3bd/1ba investment property in West Hartford, CT for 20 years. The property has been rented for nearly this entire time.
The house has a good amount of deferred maintenance, is n...

I originally posted this in the development and new construction forum, but didn't get the responses I was looking for. I thought this might be a better forum for the question. Thanks!Recently, a friend and fellow rea...

Hi everyone. Thank you in advance for all your advice. I love the people here.I was initially looking to househack a duplex with FHA but the MLS market isn't very active for the area I'm looking at. At this rate, I ma...

My colleague, who is also a real estate agent called me up to assess a property that another investor wants to wholesale to us. Here is the scenario. The investors that want to wholesale the deal to us are asking 79K....

I'm in the process of selecting the market I'd like to invest in for rentals. I live in Los Angeles, CA and will be investing out of state. What criteria do you look for in a city/market? What resources do you like to...