This is a crazy time we are living in. This virus should be a wake-up call to everyone on BP who sells, builds, eats, sleeps, and breathes real estate. People are taking their money and putting it in equity for short-...
Ultimately, I think quality comes down to vacancy rates no matter the strength/weakness of the economy. I may be way off here.With that said I really dont know how to tell how "good" a neighborhood is to invest in.
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So I’m finally taking the equity out of a duplex I purchased back in 2015. I will have about 150-170K cash after doing a cash out refi. I was going to play it safe and stay local in my Tampa Bay market, which means th...
I have only purchased vacant properties through the tax sale in Kansas City, KS and avoid buying occupied properties because I don’t know the process of eviction/ejection.
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Currently I own a company in Oklahoma that wholesales and close about 10 deals a month. We know a lot about our market, the laws, we have MLS access here, and have tons of contacts. We’d like to know what systems are ...
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I'm interested to see who's still looking for deals, what are your thoughts are on the current market? Are we buying and holding, flipping, or waiting it out?
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Hi,I recently purchased a 2 family home in Bloomfield, NJ. There is a finished third floor that is not a legal unit. To avoid any trouble with the town, I do not want to rent it out as a long term rental, and I am co...
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Just an FYI about the new EPA RRP Lead Safe Law. Most contractors need to be certified under the law, (this may flip a few of you out) however the law also extends to real estate investors that perform their own repa...
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Right now we have 5 properties that we do rental arbitrage through right now and we are looking to expand into more properties. The issue that were having is in our communication with the landlords. They are very comf...
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Hello everyone out there in the BiggerPockets community!My name is James, i'm 33 years old living in Cleveland and I have developed a real fire inside myself! Over the last few years i've really developed an ambition ...