Hi everyone, I got a property manager to run my LTR for the past 1.5 years due to things happening in my personal life. Now that things are settled, I am planning to transition back to self-management. Nothing against the property manager. Not bad but not notably amazing. For those of you who hav...
Hi! I am looking to get started in real estate investing by using the house hacking strategy. I am 25 years old, living in the Greater Boston area. I'm very early in my process, so I would love to connect with as many people as I can to learn more about real estate. I'd appreciate any advice as w...
Flippers don't guess their max offer — they back into it from the resale value. The 70% rule caps what you pay on a fix & flip. Start with the after-repair value (ARV) — what the finished property should sell for, based on recent comparable sales. Multiply the ARV by 70%, then subtract your estim...
A pattern I keep seeing with Massachusetts investors: the offer is strong, the numbers work, and the deal still goes to someone else because the seller didn't believe the financing would close on time. In competitive pockets, certainty of close often matters more than a slightly higher price or a...
We often talk about "the Massachusetts market" as if it's one market. The data suggests it's becoming increasingly important to look at each region on its own. Bristol stands out for liquidity. Plymouth remains one of the Commonwealth's most balanced investment markets. Barnstable continues to co...
Hey all - I'm not an investor myself (yet) but I'm curious if anyone on here has done any deals in Fall River, MA. I'm interested in the market and think it has a lot of potential in the next 10-20 years. Extremely low vacancy rates (<2%) and an increasing focus from the State of MA on transit-or...
I recently started working on the lending side of real estate, and I’m curious what investors actually think.Is it the interest rate? Points? Short loan terms? Bad experiences with lenders? Or do you only use hard money when a deal absolutely requires it? I work with investors doing flips, rehabs...
Not an operator myself, I work on the operations side for RAL Roadmap, so I see the same mistakes come up across a lot of first-time owners. A few of them aren't the ones the training courses spend much time on. The biggest one: budgeting for the license but not for the build-out that gets you th...
I’m a small landlord in the Boston area and considering offering a rental turnover coordination service for landlords who don’t need full property management. Think coordinating cleaners/repairs, scheduling vendors, providing access, checking completed work, and keeping the landlord updated. I’m ...
I'm in the middle of flipping a house right now that has an inground pool. I'm a little over budget and really hoping to sell the house at the high end of the comps and the backyard/pool area is a big selling point for this specific property so I'm trying to figure out what I should do with it. A...
I’m Bre! I’m a Realtor in the Boston area and recently moved into the private lending side of real estate as well. I joined BiggerPockets because I want to connect with more investors, learn what everyone is working on, and share some of what I’m seeing from both the real estate and financing sid...
Most people underwrite a recovery residence like a rooming house. Count the beds, multiply by weekly rent, back out vacancy. That math is what makes these deals look mediocre, and it is the wrong math. The value comes from one long term lease to one operator entity, not from per bed rent. Once th...
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65 to 70 percent of our sales last year were multifamily. Here's the breakdown behind that number. Our brokerage did 65–70% multifamily transactions last year. We were the #1 brokerage for multifamily transaction volume in Massachusetts, and we landed in the top 5 across New England for multifami...
I’m looking for insight from y’all that are familiar with cost seg and bonus depreciation. This year we will STR our primary home for 5-6 months. Our town only allows STR if it’s your primary (so max 6m minus one day). We purchased the home in 2020 and did a full gut renovation this year (06/2025...
🏠 The market right now is interesting because we’re not seeing the crash many people predicted—but we’re also nowhere near an easy buying environment. Mortgage rates are still in the upper-6% range, affordability remains difficult, and transaction volume is weak. At the same time, home prices hav...
I’m trying start investing in new construction in Massachusetts, I’m seeing is a gap in the market for new properties, does anyone have any advice, every tips are appreciated!
Hard money is expensive on purpose — it buys speed, not a long-term hold. A hard money loan is short-term financing from a private lender, secured by the property itself rather than your income or credit. Lenders care mostly about the deal's numbers, so they can close in days instead of weeks — w...
Mortgage Rates Around 6.69% — How Are You Stress-Testing Deals Right Now? With the 30-year fixed mortgage rate around 6.69%, I’ve been thinking about something that matters more than simply whether rates are “high” or “low.” How much room for error does the average rental deal have right now? Tak...
Location: Dorchester, Boston MA Property: 3-family, wood frame, full basement, building will be 100% vacant during the work Plan: Add one internal ADU under Boston’s Article 65 / Text Amendment 440+461 (as-of-right, owner-occupied, no GFA addition), taking the building from 3 dwelling units to 4....
Does a Lower Purchase Price Always Beat a Lower Interest Rate? I’ve been thinking about how many investors focus almost entirely on negotiating the purchase price while giving much less attention to financing. Let’s use a simple example. Imagine two nearly identical rental properties. Deal A Purc...
Your first rental can be the home you already live in. • House hacking: live in one unit, rent the others. • A duplex, triplex, or fourplex all can qualify. • Owner-occupied loans often allow smaller down payments. • Rent from neighbors can offset most of your housing cost. • After a year, keep i...
Cash-on-cash return tells you more than the purchase price ever will. New investors fixate on price. The number that shows whether a rental actually works is cash-on-cash return (CoC): annual pre-tax cash flow divided by the total cash you put in. Example: you're all-in for $50,000 (down payment,...
I'm an FP&A professional and want to contribute underwriting or capital-raising on a storage or multifamily deal. I'm looking forward to connecting!
Preparation has always outperformed prediction. The longer I invest, the less interested I become in trying to predict exactly where the market is headed. Instead, I try to answer three questions before every acquisition: Will it cash flow? Can I finance it? Can I exit?