Edwin Campos
First 5 actions you took to be a real estate investor?
What were the first 5 steps you took to get started on your real estate investing venture?
Calvin Lin
Zillow now wants $9.99 per week for > 1 rental listing
Happy New Year BP community.I just got an email from Zillow rental manager saying that starting in Feb if I have > 1 rental listing I have to pay $9.99 per week for each listing. This is for the Raleigh NC area.An...
Shazia Chiu
Tenant behavior...I cannot compute!
Hi BP. My husband and I own a fourplex and our neighbor/tenant has been paying rent later and later each month since she signed her lease in May. She is honestly not someone we would have rented to if we'd had control...
Logan Allec
$45k in Roth, I can no longer make contributions...how to invest?
So I've been sitting on $45k of cash in my Roth for some time now, and I can no longer make contributions due to IRS limitations. I'm wary of sticking it into the stock market like I did since I graduated college in ...
Tom Suvansri
Investing outside of hometown
I'm just starting out and exploring small multi-families in my hometown and adjacent towns as I'd like to stay close for my first property. Unfortunately, I'm having difficulty finding anything that would actually ca...
Nicolas Franckenfeld
How to 'hide' from your tenants. Need suggestions.
I, like most of owners with more than a handful of leases, tend to put some sort of separation between the tenants and me. With most properties, this separation, usually via a management company, is desired to preve...
Konrad Lightner
Ben Leybovich says that making down-payments is not smart – thoughts?
Ben's latest article suggested this and he thought it would be a good forum post to check out what other people think. Check out his article, it's a good read. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/09/02...Se...
Jason Guyton
New to the game, but have a nest egg to invest
I'm almost 50 and just woke up to the power of REI. Kicking myself for not learning about this 30 years ago. But here I am, and I have a decent pile of cash ($120K) and a pretty good 401K. So I'm in a great positio...
Bhairavi Patel
Meeting with a Realtor for the FIRST TIME as a new investor!
Morning all, I am meeting with a realtor for the first time tomorrow. I dont have a clear picture of what I am going to do yet, but I want to be (or at least sound) educated and knowledgeable. I'm a little nervous, bu...
Jason Mak
California vs. Texas
Starting this thread after reading through the "Austin is Hot" thread. After reading that thread, the Austin atmosphere looks similar to California. I'm a California investor and certainly a dearth of deals out ther...