Hi BiggerPockets community 👋My name is Emiliano Perez, an Associate Broker with Schunk Realty Group and an active buy-and-hold real estate investor based in New York.I work with buyers and sellers of residential and commercial properties, and I regularly help real estate investors and first-time buyers with single-family, multi-family, and mixed-use properties.

What’s up peeps! I was on the news today talking about the state of the real estate market in Austin. This was in response to the White House claiming that mass deportations are the reason for declining home prices. Y...

Quote from @Jimmy Rojas: If you are barely starting out in RE investment and have no contacts its hard to find good deals on property, most of the good deals posted in zillow, redfin and similar are already sold by the time you call about the property, im in the used car business , private auctions like manheim, metro, adesa, penske or dealers of the south west, you have to be associated with actual dealership and licensed to attend and bid, most cars sell below trade in , they come in all kinds of condition, you make your profit selling at retail or even private party if you got the vehicle on the low end, is there something similar for investing in property? 

Over the years I have also contributed articles to real estate publications as well as written a best-selling book on investing in rentals, and I teach beginner and advanced courses for our area landlord association in landlording, house flipping, and hard money lending.

You might also consider joining organizations like the Real Estate Investors Association (REIA) or attending events like meetups hosted by BiggerPockets, which bring together investors at all levels.

Hi Jeffrey, In Florida, when a property is purchased at a foreclosure auction by a third-party bidder (not the bank), the purchaser is generally responsible for unpaid homeowners association (HOA) assessments that accrued prior to the acquisition of the property according to Florida Statutes.

I look at PM and associated relationships like insurance- it seems like you are wasting money until your house burns down. 

Attending local business networking groups, real estate investing groups, Real estate investor associations (REIA's) and more are always a great way to connect with other business owners and investors!

Hey Paul,It can definitely be tricky below 100k and even with condos where you might run into minimum square footage amounts as well as if it is warrantable, or non-warrantable (not to mention dealing with the Condo Association)That being said, I do know of a program that could help, just shot you a DM, happy to help if I can.Good luck!

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔Pending home sales dropped sharply in December, falling 9.3% month-over-month and down 3% from a year ago, according to the latest National Association of Realtors figures.This pullback erased recent gains in contract activity, marking one of the steepest monthly declines of the year.All four U.S. regions saw month-to-month declines.