New to the rental property investing game and I’m just trying to determine criteria to analyze deals more efficiently. What should be my baseline for cap rate on a rental property? The areas I’m focusing on investing ...

Hi everyone,I am new here on Bigger Pockets. A friend introduced me to the website/podcasts a couple of months ago and I've been hooked since. I listen to the podcasts almost everyday to and from work. I just complete...

Hi everyone. A long time lurker, hopefully a soon-to-be first time RE investor. I live in NYC and would like to get into REI. Given the sky-high prices in the area, I'm turning to out-of-state properties. I've looked ...

I've been researching a career change to FT RE agent. I'm great at sales (I've started a company - was profitable, in big box retailers and sold it off), I'm now self-employed (yuck - but I do have some control), and ...

Know Thy Cap Rate: The illusive obvious.For some reason cap rates seem to be the most misunderstood term (ratio actually) in all of real estate. I often get asked by new investors what a cap rate is and what does it...

Hi Friends,I’m looking to buy a SFH in the Los Angeles, CA area specifically in South Pasadena, Pasadena, or Monrovia area. This home will be used as a primary, but potentially converting into a rental investment in f...

This is for the new investors just getting started. How should they go about approaching private lenders for capital to purchase property? Which would you say should come first? Find the deal first or find private len...

Hi everyone,I'm in contract for this property with a couple business partners. Inspection came fairly clean, but as you can see there is plenty of work to be done. I'm in the process of collecting bids from GCs, but t...

Robert Kiyosaki recently had a podcast with Ken McElroy and talked about how the RE market seems to be topping off. They talked about different asset classes to invest in (RE, the stock market, commodities, and busine...

My wife and I are seriously considering jumping into real estate, thus being on this website. I've started reading a bit and we're hoping to purchase a multifamily unit here in Chicago as a "house hack." One concern I...