I'm still running numbers on properties I can access via the MLS and a friend who is a realtor, just for practice. I then had my roommate look at my spreadsheets because he is a numbers guy and likes to play devil'...

I am pretty familiar with Baltimore from staying there about half the time for more than 2 years. In the past months, I've talked with other investors and a few realtors and learned more about the city from an investo...

Hi BP Family,I am currently capital raising for multi-family apartment syndications - currently, we are working on getting a deal tied up, and in the interim am developing relationships with potential investors. My ap...

Hi BP!
I know BiggerPockets has a ton of great resources, but curious to know what the single most influential resource is you've used for analyzing real estate investments?

Using the tools/calculator on BP does anyone have a basic rule of thumb when inputing CapEx %?  Many of the buildings I've been evaluating are quite old, (grater than 100 years) so I'm guesstimating 12% capex, 12% mai...

I'm currently looking at buying a 1br+den or 2br condo in SF, 800-1000 sq ft for $1-1.2M. A lot of those are fairly new (> 2005) condos and in an already great state. One idea I had after looking at some interior d...

Good afternoon Bigger Pockets folks,My wife and I are Realtors in Georgia and we've been kicking around the possibility of picking up our first STR.   We ran across a very small cabin (450 sq ft) the would obviously j...

BP Tax Gurus,My question is regarding short term rehabs.  I know that if you hold a property for greater than 1 year, its taxed at a long term capital gains rate (15% for most people), and less than a year, it is shor...

Hello follow agents,I recently listened to an episode of Super Agents Live that featured Stephanie Weeks who discussed the importance of finding a mortgage broker that you can confidently recommend to your clients. I ...

Just starting out here and been reading Brandon Turner’s book on Rental Property Investing.  The book gives a rule to use to quickly screen properties known as the 50% rule [(0.5*projected income/rent)- (Mortgage P an...