Hi all!I'm new here, but a long time listener of the podcast. My husband and I run a contracting and design company but have wanted to start an investing career. We live in NYC and it's becoming increasingly harder to...

Hello there BP nation, family and friends. My name is Alex and I'm a newbie investor. *altogether now* "hi Alex." Ahaha but yea seriously I am a stupid beginner. But I'm ok with that because my end goal is to be a sma...

As this is my first purchase in the commercial realm I am hoping to gain some skilled knowledge of what I am getting into. I am dealing with a seasoned seller who seems to be demanding a bit much for the property I wo...

Hello,Sorry in advance for the lengthy post. And, I acknowledge any advice given on this forum is not financial or legal advice.  We are new to biggerpockets.com and have recently purchased a SFH rental a block away f...

Ok, now that I have a number of trustees to research, I'd like to here from or talk with someone who has an SD-IRA. The prevailing wisdom has often been, "don't touch your retirement money to invest in real estate."As...

Hi All,I want to know what your investment rules are for buy and hold investments, specifically SFRs.  I know about the 1% rule, 2% rule, the 50% rule etc...that's not what I'm asking about.  I'm trying to figure out ...

This is an odd question but maybe someone can help. I just bought a new rental house and found out there is a very loud vibration noise coming from the wall. It will vibrate really loud in the house and I ca...

Hi,I am just looking for advice as we are desperate on where to turn. A contractor we hired with a contract took out roughly an extra $40 K over budget(the bank let him have it). We tried to get him to work for months...

Now i dont know if the title even makes sense but let me break it down some.
so is there a difference in the ARV when refinancing when you DIY your rehab vs when you hire out contractors who specialize in this field?...

Looking to rent one of my 2 bedroom units and a couple with an interesting situation applied and I wanted to see what some you of thought of renting to them.  The husband was recently laid off from his job and is curr...