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Rich Weese flood insurance,fire insurance or none-
4 January 2010 | 54 replies

A recent post questioned whether owners buy flood insurance. There were a few posts and replies.
I've owned properties and paid insurance on well over 1000 homes in the last 40 years. Do you know how many insura...

Account Closed CA Handyman (not Contractor) has started asking for $500 in Labor per job
2 May 2024 | 41 replies

Am a NY licensed contractor who moved out here to LA county barely a year ago.. my CA contractor license is still pending. So in the mean time, I been keeping busy with working on my own properties and a few small lan...

Alissa S. San DIego Investments
28 November 2018 | 50 replies

I am interested in transitioning into the so cal market. I wanted to network with other investors about the market in that area! Any pointers, locations to avoid, what strategies are working in that market etc... I am...

J Scott Let's Talk About Our Screw-Ups!
18 February 2015 | 49 replies

I originally started writing about real estate because I wanted to hold myself accountable for my what I was doing, because I wanted to learn from my own mistakes and because I wanted to help others keep from making t...

Leland S. Dealing with a bad contractor
12 March 2017 | 31 replies

After paying my contractor 35k, I found his interior work was pretty shoddy. I already had a few issues with the contractor I pointed out and ask for discounts or refunds, but none were ever given, they just acknowled...

Jack Tucker What are your best "Special Stipulations" for leases?
1 December 2013 | 37 replies

Over the years of landlording and owning property in a college town, I have noticed that my Special Stipulations section in my leases have taken on some strange phrases and warnings to new tenants. It seems that e...

Brandon Turner You know you're a real estate investor when...
10 June 2015 | 81 replies

So I'm lying in bed, exhausted. Just when I fall asleep, my cat wakes me up just to be annoying.

But rather than quickly falling back to sleep... I start doing real estate math in my head. And suddenly I'm wi...

Matt Mastrelli Own my first deal (NJ), trying to decide to flip or hold: numbers included
29 September 2024 | 12 replies

Hello everyone, my wife and I are about 5 weeks into our 10 week gut renovation of our first deal. I am newer to this but have done years of research, read books, and read numerous posts on this forum. The house in qu...

Melanie Stephens Seeking Biggest Mistakes and Lessons Learned Stories (Again!)
28 January 2022 | 134 replies

Hello BP Members! I write a regular column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine on people's "Biggest Mistakes" in real estate. Do you have a "mistake" story and lessons you learned from it? I'd love to hear it! (Thanks t...