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Hello all,I have been on BP for a couple years now soaking up information. I'm finally ready to pull the trigger and start my investing venture. I will be purchasing a multi family owner occupied property for a buy an...
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Hello - I am Wei, pronounced "WAY" by the... way, ha. I suppose when the owner of the website tells you to introduce yourself in the New Member Introductions forum you do it (I had no chance winning that frame I suppo...
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What do other investors typically pay for Water/Sewer/Garbage service annually for a property in Chicago. I am specifically looking at 3 and 4 unit buildings, and I don't know how to accurately estimate these costs. ...
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Hi All,My daughter (18months) had a stroke before birth. We’ve gone through everything under the Sun, including a hemispherectomy. Long story short, we frequent Boston a lot. I’m trying to figure out a way to invest i...
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Hey Everyone, During our due diligence period, we found that we will most likely need to bring up an older building to code in order to build out an existing structure to multifamily in Tampa, FL. This includes four b...
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Did you know that there were 19.7 million students slated to attend college in the US in 2020, according to the National Center For Education Statistics? Such a large market presents a potentially lucrative opportunit...
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I'm just concerned my six months worth of reserve will be enough. RE as a community we always talk about the wins. That's important. But I'm just wondering how RE performs during recessions. What happens when unemploy...
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I want to start purchasing short term rentals and have a long term rental right now. It has a lot of equity in it and if I sold it would give me the funds to start to invest in a short term rental in a better area and...
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Good afternoon Bigger Pockets Fam! I currently own one rental property at this time and have owned it for about 18 months now. My lender recently contacted me and suggested that I refinance my current mortgage in ...
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So I am still doing some analysis on what should be the first type of property I invest in as a rental property. I live in Delaware but my roots are in NJ. With this information, how would you personally rank the best...