All Forum Posts by: Rene Hosman

Hi BiggerPockets Community,

I’m Joshua, based in Westchester County, NY, and excited to join BiggerPockets. I’m eager to connect with investors as I plan my real estate journey in the Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, NC area (2026–2027).

🌎 **Location**: I live in a single-family home in Westchester, NY, and plan to invest in the Triangle (Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, NC).

💫 **Goals**: My goal is to buy a single-family home ($400,000–$600,000) with a modern kitchen and bathroom for my wife, who prefers not living in a multifamily setup, and a 2-4 family property ($600,000–$700,000) for rental income and long-term equity growth (8–10 units by 2035). I’ll fund these with savings and proceeds from selling my Westchester home (2027, targeting $250,000 net after minor renovations).

🏠 **Why Real Estate**: I’m retiring in 2026 and got interested in real estate to build passive income and wealth for retirement. Living in my current home has sparked my passion for investing in single-family and multifamily properties.

❓ **Question**: Can anyone recommend reliable lenders in the Triangle for single-family and multifamily loans? Also, any tips for finding updated single-family homes or multifamily deals in Durham or Raleigh?

I’m looking forward to learning from the community and connecting with Triangle investors and Westchester agents for my home sale. Thanks for any insights!

Best,

Joshua

Nice new feature. 

Is there a discount for being a BP pro member on top of the early bird pricing?

thanks

I’m trying to find a hard money investor, I’m found a couple properties that I would like to buy and maybe a small apartment complex. What are some thing I should watch out for in hard money lender and what are some pros I should look out for? Thank your for the advise!!!!!

Looks like it's similar situation for neighboring Vermont and Maine as well. Any timelines on the rollout schedule or is that all TBA? 

I'm unclear on what classifies as an investment property, but it appears to be filtering out almost all the inventory in my local area. I'll keep Zillow and others around for now. 

Hi everyone!

I am looking at purchasing my first investment property around Q3 of next year. I am leaning toward a house hack in a duplex and trying to figure out to do this. The goal for this investment would more cash flow focused with ideally a bit of appreciation as the secondary goal. I've looked around a little bit about where I'd like to move. Honestly I am not sure how to filter the data or which data I should be looking at when analyzing a deal. Can anyone help me figure out the right metrics I should be analyzing? Any tools I should look into for these metrics? Also what other questions should I be asking along these lines?

Thanks!!

I've been thinking a lot lately about the sheer amount of time and effort that goes into the front end of our business – identifying potential deals and doing that initial analysis before deciding if something is worth a deeper dive.

We all juggle different platforms (MLS, Zillow, Redfin, LoopNet, maybe specialized tools?), spreadsheets, market reports, city data, etc. It feels like a constant cycle of filtering, cross-referencing, calculating, and trying to connect the dots.

It got me wondering about efficiency and whether there's a smarter way. Imagine if you could skip some of the tedious filtering and data hunting. What if finding specific opportunities or getting quick answers was as simple as just... asking?

For example, instead of setting up complex filters across multiple sites, just asking: "Show me duplexes under $300k in Austin's 78704 zip code that likely need rehab but could cash flow post-renovation."

Or after finding a property, immediately asking: "What are the recent comps for similar renovated properties?" or "What's the average rent trend in this neighborhood for a 3/2?" or "Is this property in an opportunity zone?"

This leads me to a couple of questions for the community, as I'm curious about other's process:

1. What's your go-to method/tool stack right now for finding potential investment properties? (e.g., MLS alerts, specific software, wholesaler lists, driving for dollars, networking, specific websites?)
2. When you're filtering or searching, what are the top 3-5 specific criteria you find yourself using most often? (Beyond beds/baths/price - think cap rate targets, cash-on-cash goals, keywords like "fixer-upper" or "turnkey," specific locations/neighbourhoods, zoning, etc.)
3. Once you identify a potentially interesting property, what are the first few critical questions you need answered to decide if it's worth pursuing further? (e.g., ARV, estimated rehab costs, rent comps, market vacancy rates, days on market trends?)
4. What's the biggest time-sink or frustration point for you in this initial search and analysis phase?

Really interested to hear how others are tackling this.