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I started like many, and was a reluctant landlord because of a house that wouldn't sell. 15 years later and an extremely rocky time during the housing bubble burst, I have finally crawled out of the hole and am ready ...
My name is Nicole (Niki) Oudenaarden and I am new to the Bigger Pockets forums, but have been an active podcast listener over the last 2.5 years. I have been a full-time athlete competing for Team Canada over the last...
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Hi all. I was just wondering if this is a fair way to value the potential return on an investment property. Let me know what you think.
I purchased a $143,000 townhome with 20% down & a 30 year fixed @4.6% righ...
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I'm someone who is looking to get into real estate, I found a house on my local MLS that is going to be auctioned soon and was wondering if I should attempt to buy it. some extra knowledge, I'm extremely short on cash...
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TEXAS.
I saw this on another website: "Commercial leases are basically no holds barred. The consumer protections for residential leases do not extend to commercial leases because the law presumes that the parties are...
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I commonly see people mention cashflow in dollar amount i.e $500 a month as a measure of how successful the property is as a producer. What I am looking for, is more clarification on what % cash flow relative to total...
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4 years ago, a business partner and I bought our first investment property. We had an extremely hard time getting a loan as we bought a Condo and my partners credit score was pretty low and we went the conventional l...
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Its been close to two years since my first and last post. Since then I've relocated from Southern California to St. Louis Missouri area. I couldn't afford to make my real estate investment dreams become a reality or I...
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Hi Everyone,
I am looking for a good, reliable cleaner for my vacation rental cabin in Gatlinburg, TN. I tried MCM, Moonshine, and Diamond Touch but none are available. It seems quite hard to find a good cleaner thes...
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If a property is priced $30k below town assessment how significant is that?