All Forum Posts by: Alfath Ahmed

Hi everyone, 

I live in California and have been meeting a lot of investors who prefer to invest out of state due to California being so expensive as well as the aggressive tenant protection laws we have here. I have heard both the good and the bad sides of investing out of state and so I am curious to know what other's experience has been?  I have mostly heard about LTRs specifically in Indiana, Alabama, Texas, Michigan, and Ohio but I am open to hearing anyone's experience anywhere. Would really like to hear your thoughts!

We are a few friends from California looking to invest in multi family real estate in Ohio. Initially, we were thinking to make an LLC. For LLC, we need to register in Ohio and California. If we don't go the LLC route for now and just make a general partnership, will we have to register the partnership also in both Ohio and California?
Also, for a general partnership, how do we report the taxes. Is it by filing 1065 and generating K1's or is there more to it?

We went from zero to over fifty rental properties in about 10 years. Overall real estate investing has been a very good business for us in the form of cash flow and equity. But it is time to scale back to give us more time to focus on our family and some other projects.

So now we are in the process of selling 9 properties in Colorado and 7 properties in Ohio. We have listed them with real estate agents we like and have used other transactions. But I wonder if I should also list them on loopnet or crexi. Is that worth it? Can I do that as an owner? Or are there other strategies to get the properties in front of investors?

Mike

Hello everyone, I'm relatively new to the Real Estate scene, I've done some research and have concluded I am interested in wholesale to begin my journey. I am trying to do this the right way, so with this post I inquire for advice on getting started. Anything helps, as I would like to expand my knowledge on Real Estate all together. I hope everyone is having a good day.

Best regards, Briant R.

Hi,

I'm new to this site and real estate investing in general. I have been poking around here to get a sense of what people think about this. I found some older posts, but I'm not sure if they're relevant anymore.

I live in Seattle and I'm looking for a long-term investment--not flipping or even looking for immediate cash flow. I'm comfortable putting up to roughly 100k down--which doesn't get you much in the Seattle area. That said, I'd rather have the property close by so I can swing by to check up on any issues or do minor repairs. I will hire a property management company, but I don't necessarily want to rely on them for everything. I considered Tacoma, but the properties out there tend to be expensive, and rent isn't exceptional from what I've seen. SFHs usually only rent for a few hundred dollars over the mortgage with 20 percent down. And I'm unlikely to find a multi-family for 100k down.

So, I've been looking into Bremerton, WA. There are occasionally multi-family homes available for about $400k that have rent in the range of $3k+ for all units combined. I'm having a little trouble tracking down property value and rent trajectories. From what I could gather both are increasing as is most of the greater Seattle area. On paper, it seems to check most of the boxes for me.

Does anyone know of major downsides with this market?

Hello and thank you in advance for any advice! I'm really new to investing out of state. I'm looking into purchasing a rental property in the Belmont area of Dayton, OH and wanted to get any insight for this market as it seems concerning that the average rent is higher compared to the actual costs of houses in the area. Wondering if the vacancy rate is higher in the area as it seems more advantageous to just buy a house and pay mortgages rather than renting. Thank you again for all your time! 

Hello Bigger Pockets!

My name is Marie and I'm currently making my way out of nursing. My son just joined the Navy and now that I’m an empty nester I want to make a shift and bet on myself! I’m eager to connect with individuals who are experienced in real estate investing so I can grow and develop on this new path. I’ve been educating myself and would like more knowledge and a deeper understanding of the real estate world. The strategies I’m currently focused on are wholesaling, flipping and rentals. However, I’m open to all strategies. I live in North Carolina by way of New Jersey. I'm interested in opportunities in and out of state. 

I’m looking forward to learning and building relationships within this space and beyond.

I’m so excited to start this new journey!

Thank you for reading!

Hey everyone!

My husband and I recently moved to Hudson, just south of Cleveland. We are looking to invest in A/B neighborhoods in the Cleveland area and would love some recommendations on which areas to focus on.

Additionally, we're on the lookout for realtors who are highly knowledgeable about the local market, preferably those who have lived in the area and also invest themselves. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I am closing on my first short term rental property in Columbus Ohio. Does anyone have any good recommendations/referrals for some stellar handyman or cleaning companies? Thanks so much in advance. 

Hello,

I am Tamera McNeil and looking into buying rental properties and investing. I would greatly appreciate feedback about buying real estate in the Bay Area. Thank you and excited to be on the BiggerPockets platform.