John Heffner
Do I sell my rentals when 1% goes to 0.5%
I'm new to the post and have been investing in real-estate the last 5 years on my own and have 3 single family homes and one Duplex in West Sacramento CA. When I bought them the Rent to home value was 1.0%+ but since...
David Jenkins
Help with figuring out cap rate
I'm a realtor / investor who has a few investment properties that cash flow well. In the past I've done nothing more than a napkin analysis to figure out cash flow, which has somehow worked. Now I'm finally getting ar...
Leah Culler
Best/worst places to be a landlord
I know this topic has been addressed on Bigger Pockets before, but I'm researching an article about the best places to be a landlord (as well as the best places to be a tenant). I'd love to hear from some landlords ab...
Tuli Green
Picking a real estate listing agent
For the Philadelphia area, I recently closed on my 1st fix and flip and I'm looking for a real agent that I would use to sell the property, and during the rehab I want to ask them questions of what sells better. My qu...
Jim Kelly
Property management vs software vs doing it all myself.
I'm very new to the RE game at 31 years old I'm trying to start my big journey. Well I'm closing on my first property in 12 days and I'm trying to decide how I should structure the property management.My main concerns...
Sung Park
Buying a condo in Chicago
Hello everyone, this is my second post. I learned a lot from my first post thanks to this wonderful forum. After some thoughtful consideration, I am leaning towards getting a condo for primary residence/investment. Si...
Charlie John
Losing deals because I offer too low!
I recently checked in on a deal that I lost in December because I offered too low for the seller to accept at $22,500. It was a smaller home around 1050 sq ft, 2 bed 1 bath. Potentially 3 bedrooms due to funky floor p...
David McClain
Appraisal came in $33k low what are options?
Hey there! Question about home appraisals and what to do when your selling price doesn’t match the buyers loan appraisalI’m selling a house I rehabbed. Did the deal and rehab all in cash. Had an offer within 24 hou...
Marcus Johnson
What happened to the 2% rule
Just prior to my first real estate investment in 2014, the 2% was heavily promoted by Brandon Turner. Then more recently it was lowered to the 1% rule. Now the current staff are promoting around .8%. So interesti...
Nick Atwood
Why Real Estate Investors Should be Their Own Agents
As an investor, it didn't make any sense why I was letter a buyer's agent collect 2.5% of the purchase price, for the minimal return I was getting. After many sales, I knew the real estate forms well and had the buyin...