Hello! I am new to the community and in the beginning stages of building my full service short term rental management/cohosting company. I am trying to navigate the can and cannot of the Tampa Bay area. It is my understanding I do not need to possess a Real Estate License as long as I have an agr...
Hello all. First time poster, long time lurker. Investing for nine years. I own two duplexes in SW FL that I purchased with conventional financing. My debt-to-income ratio is tapped (49.8%) from my lenders perspective and I cannot get into another property. Can I REFI one of my conventional mortg...
Hello BP Family, I'm inquiring if anyone has worked with BNB Turnkey? A company operated by the STR guru Matt Elefante. Below explains what my phone initial call was like. My questions are, have you used or worked with BNB Turnkey, what positives/negatives did you have in your experience, should ...
Depreciation Recapture: What Real Estate Investors Should Know One of those tax concepts that sounds more complicated than it needs to be. If you own rental or investment real estate, it allows you to deduct part of the property’s value over time. Those deductions can reduce taxable income and im...
Hello everyone! Although I joined the BiggerPockets community back in 2018, I have to admit I haven't been nearly as active as I intended on the platform. Over the past several years, I've been busy building my business, learning the investment side of real estate, analyzing opportunities, and he...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Just Restored 100% Bonus Depreciation. Here's the Catch Nobody's Talking About. By Kamila Lily Kowalska, Cost Segregation Specialist After The One Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law, and my phone has been ringing ever since. Commercial real estate investors were exc...
Due to having a bad experience with the property manager i have been using, I am looking at moving to managing places myself, and am looking for advice, vendor recommendations if anyone local has some good ones, or possible issues that people think i may run into. My manager has had issues with s...
Has anyone in the Tampa Bay area worked with Nexus Construction Corp? We are getting quotes for a full rehab and theirs came in with the most value for our budget, but I cannot seem to find too much about them online, except that they do have an active CBC license in Florida...
Fellow investors, if you are using Mynd Management, please audit your Cash GL Detail ledgers immediately. Mynd Management is not just grossly incompetent; their accounting system actively misallocates funds, and they fraudulently bill owners to cover up their own property neglect. Here is exactly...
Does anyone have experience with buying properties at auction in Hillsborough County? I ahve done this before in Ohio, where all the liens were wiped at bidding, meaning once you got the deed, you didn't have to worry about any outstanding liens. Does anyone know exactly how it works in Hillsboro...
With the Tampa Bay Rays planning their new stadium on the Hillsborough College Dale Mabry campus — right near Raymond James Stadium — I’m curious how other investors are looking at the surrounding Tampa Bay market. I’m Josh Ray, a real estate agent with Investing N Florida and investor in the Tam...
I have done 2 house hacks and am looking to do my third. I am refinancing my second property right now and plan to use that money to purchase a duplex or preferable triplex/quadplex near downtown St. Petersburg (have some savings too). Trying to begin scaling my portfolio and also looking at pote...
Anyone have experience with those flat fee mls sites? I'm considering heading that direction with my business, I do appreciate my agent but let's face it, realtor fees ad up fast when you are flipping 20+ homes a year.. with a bit of a softer market I know we all need to make sure to keep as much...
Hey everyone I’m new to BiggerPockets and figured I’d introduce myself. I’m a real estate investor and hard money lender, working with investors and brokers on everything from fix & flips and new construction to bridge, DSCR, and commercial financing. Rather than jumping on here and just promotin...
Hello everyone, my name is Ruvim And I am new to the real estate game. I am trying to avoid as much mistakes as I can and wanted to reach out to you guys for help. Is it better to go for a FHA loan for my first deal or go for a conventional loan? I don't have much money to start off with so I wan...
**Presenter Tom Myers Company name: Zava Designs Tom Myers has spent more than a decade full time in real estate. He started in Class A apartment management, spent four years in residential sales, then flipped houses and ran furnished rentals full time for six years. Today he and his wife Tatyana...
I wholesale in Florida and California, and I’m curious how other operators handle the data side of the business. Are you mostly using PropStream/BatchLeads, buying niche lists, having VAs pull county data, or going direct to the county yourselves? For anyone pulling direct, has the extra work act...
Hi all, I'm curious what active Florida investors are doing right now, particularly in markets like Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, and surrounding areas. My background is in asset management and property operations, and one thing I've noticed over the last few years is the increased scrutiny from ...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been speaking with investors across different markets, and one thing I’ve noticed is that everyone seems to be getting more selective with acquisitions. I’m curious to hear from investors who are active in Florida: • Are you seeing more motivated sellers lately? • Wh...
I've been paying closer attention to insurance costs lately, and it feels like we're reaching a point where insurance is no longer just another line item in the underwriting. A few years ago, most investors could estimate insurance, add a cushion, and move on. Today I'm seeing markets where premi...
Hey everyone. I’m working toward my first property as a house-hack: buy a 2–4 unit, live in one side, rent the rest, using FHA at 3.5% down. I come from a finance/underwriting background, so I’ve been running the numbers pretty hard, and I want to sanity-check my read with people who are actually...
My Husband and I are just getting started on our journey. Our goal is to start with 1st rental next year. I wanted to get the opinions of others to see if it is worth going to now. We are currently reading books, podcast and have joined our local investing group. I just don't want to get overwhel...
Invest in real estate (or want to)? In your 20s or 30s? This meetup is for you. Come hang with other young(ish) investors in the area to talk deals, meet new friends, and grow your wealth. Open to ALL (and aspiring) real estate investors (rental properties, Airbnb, mid-term rentals, self storage,...
Hi everyone. I’m building an early mvp prototype for a Florida condo deal-screening tool for investors. It helps highlight condo-specific risks, missing diligence documents, association issues, and whether a deal looks worth tracking or passing on. I’d really appreciate a few people taking a quic...
I am looking at purchasing my first rental property. After everything is said and done I would be potentially cash flowing $100-$150 per month. I have $40k to put down and this is a condo in the Jacksonville area. Is 100-150 a good cash flow amount for my first property? Or am I living on the edg...