Isoke Craig
Rookie Mistakes & Lessons Learned
Often successful stories are shared & while we can learn from wins, I often find I learn more lessons from failure. So I wanted to share my experience with the community. Thanks for reading this is long! Buckle up...
Ben Dickey
Multifamily Inspections | Check Lists | Lessons Learned
Hi Everyone -I am getting ready to contract on my first multifamily property. We are purchasing 3 duplexes all next to each other. It's like a small 6 unit apartment. Are there any good check lists for inspections on ...
Andrew Ginsburg
Best Lesson Learned from Adverse Situations...
During the latest and greatest podcast featuring Jay Papasan, Jay brought up an interesting point made by Trump that he learned nothing when the markets were good and everything in down markets (I'm sure I butchered t...
Katelyn Savoie
Our First Rental & Lessons Learned
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Aberdeen.
Purchase price: $69,000
Cash invested: $13,500
2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Rental with tenants already in place.
What m...
John Chapman
My first eviction and lessons learned
Well, after six years, I finally have my first eviction. I'd been getting pretty smug about my property management skills, so I guess I was about due. I'm writing this post because in looking back, I can see I ma...
Qui Chau
Duplex cash coooowww! Many lessons learned.
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $84,500
Cash invested: $3,200
Duplex, 1/1 and 2/1. First MF investment property. Started with Section 8 tena...
Rob Chiang
Lesson learned from an airbnb Squatter
Full disclosure: this long drawn out situation is over, but it is still worth sharing so other members can learn from my blunders. I rented out an SFR to a corporate leasing service (they rented out the rooms on thei...
William Collins
Lessons learned on my 1st BRRR
Today is a big day for me- my 1st tenant is moving in. Back in April of this year we started down the road of BRRR. Here is a link to the thread: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/19...So the numbers: ...
Mike J.
Lessons Learned From My $30,000 Mistake
Spring of 2010.We (my father and I) purchased a home in the Inland Empire of Southern California. It was a brand new 3Bed 2Ba SFH that was listed at an unbelievably low price. A little backstory on this property; this...
Nick J.
Expensive lesson learned in Short Sales
Let me first start by saying that I am far from being a newb in Short Sales. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not dumb enough to 'claim' to be doing short sales since 1952 or some crazy stuff like that.
As most o...