Shaun Moore
General Contractor's License for Permits when Doing Work Yourself
I have a project underway and am doing some of the work myself. I'm curious if anyone else has run into a problem when rehabbing a property, and doing the work yourself. Have you been required to have a General Contra...
Brad Smith
Leave old wiring as it is for the time being
Just bought an older house and have explored rewiring. As was mentioned in another thread, I'm thinking about waiting until winter time to get bids on the work because everyone seems to be swamped in my area (San Mar...
James Masotti
First rental acquisition since joining BP
So historically I've been terrible at keeping these sort of deal diaries, but I'm hoping the BP community will help keep me honest...and updating. Back on February 22 I closed on my first rental property since joining...
J Scott
Let's Talk About Our Screw-Ups!
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...
Mark A.
Multi family price craziness
I am current resident of Hoboken, NJ, and a yet-to-be property investor. I am currently looking for a great place to invest my money. I have spent a decent amount of time understanding the basics of equity investing...
Ted Harris
Should U Send Your Kids to College?
What if your son or daughter isn't sure what they want to do? Can you afford to spend $100k+ to educate them .... is it worth saddling them (or you) with so much debt that it will take years to pay back? Has college ...
Sean Bramble
Anyone done a "Morby Method" deal? Zero down creative strategy
Heard about this on Pace Morby's Youtube channel - it's a zero down creative strategy that works when 1) the seller is open to seller finance, but 2) needs a sizeable DP for various reasons (i.e., pay off their existi...
Joshua Milam
What to major in College for RE investing?
Hello everyone, I have a family friend that is about to go to college and is very interested in real estate investing and says that will be his future. He asked me what he should major in and I told him business admin...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Cory T.
Evicting renter from a vacation rental property
Hello All,I have a one-bedroom vacation rental condo in Palm Springs that has been listed on AirBnB for about a year now. I have my first stressful problem: a vacation renter with a 44 day reservation who will NOT lea...