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The rental got some repairs done today, and will get a bit of paint. It will be cleaned, I have a window person coming to give an estimate on replacing 5 double-pane windows later this week. I don't think I'll replace...
George Fitz
New member from Santa Monica, CA
Hi folks, I'm George Fitz from Santa Monica, CA and very happy that I've found Bigger Pockets. As I mentioned in another post, reading the forum posts here are fascinating- like a book I can't put down. I got into the...
Conrad Legé
Direct mail - letters or postcards??
Hello BP community!I am a new member here and am excited to start my career as a real estate investor here in the Chicago area. Since I am still a W-2 employee, I have decided to start with wholesaling to build experi...
James H.
Investing in Break Even Properties
Wanted to discuss the investment strategy of a long time successful RE investor. He's a BP member and I've enjoyed reading about him. He lays out a very simple investment strategy that, on paper and over the long term...
Wendy Lavana
Any advice on renting to the Chronically Homeless
Our city has a new program that is assisting 22 people individuals. They will pay first, last and security plus monthly rent and the tenants utilities. I have been having trouble renting out the units. They like our u...
Bryan Hancock
Generating Large Depreciation Expenses With Positive Cash Flow
We're doing some planning for next year to reduce taxes and I was hoping some of our more astute investors could give me some ideas about generating large depreciation expenses to reduce passive income. The following...
Paul Birkett
Short Sharp Shock? Not so much.....
Mortgage Update: Outlook is not good.The economy continues to shudder to a halt. As I write, lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. My coffee shop typically turns about $1,000/day. As of 15 minutes ago, Carlos had t...
Brendon K.
Ann Arbor looks pretty dead. How's the market out there?
Not a lot of activity on these forums. I'll be moving out to the Dexter area in a few weeks looking for some single family flips. It feels like there might not be a lot of wholesaling activity going on there--?
Manuel Angeles
Los Angeles Commercial Retail Market Report as of October 1, 2023
Greetings,
Here is an update on the current Commercial Retail Market in Los Angeles County, CA:
The Los Angeles retail market continues to grapple with negative demand and expanding vacancy in response to five c...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (August 24-28, 2020)
Economic Update (Monday, August 24, 2020)
Its going to take years for our economy to fully heal from th...