Hi Everyone - I'm brand new to this and leaning towards single family or duplex investment properties. I came across Roofstock.com and it seems like a great place for getting started. I live outside of San Francisco a...
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My wife and I are contemplating doing a house hack. Here is the scenario. We live in a 3 bed 2.5 bad home that’s way too big for use. We found a home with a basement suite and a detached garage with a small 1 bed 1 ba...
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Hello everyone first time posting here. I know some of the questions I may ask might not be answerable but I'm looking at purchasing my first property. I've been doing alot of reading and looking at the formulas he...
We are new to Bigger Pockets, and after listening to a webcast and reading some on the forums, we were presented with an opportunity to purchase a home as a rental property (duplex with ADU (mother in law suite). We a...
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I recently sold a rental property that netted me a 6-figure profit. One of my considerations for my next investment was to purchase a vacation property that I would then list on airbnb and VRBO. I would make much more...
Hi BP,
I was reading a post the other day about dead equity and it got me thinking.
I have a two family multi where I owe ~165k. Tax/insurance/mortgage is $1700/mo (flood insurance is a killer).
I pull in $2500/mo...
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HIIf a us citizen living abroad owns rentals, and fills out schedule E, can foreign taxes on rent be considered part of the TAX expenses column/deducted?thanks
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Let's say I own $1M in real estate, 100% equity (I don't, but round numbers are easier).   I want to either HELOC or cash-out finance in order to purchase more rental property.  Can you just read my line of thinking ...
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I'm going to ask what might be seen as an impertinent question here, so feel free to give generic answers (or no answer - I'm not looking to make anyone upset.)I see a ton of big numbers thrown around on the BP forums...
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Hello!
I understand that when determining the ARV of a prospective property comps play an essential role, however in some markets determining the ARV of a residential multi family property has been a challenge for me...