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I'm in mid-20's and have been saving to buy a property to house hack. I live in Orange County and the properties are pretty expensive. I would love to hear about any successful (or unsuccessful) house hack that you ha...
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Possibly the only thing that I have ever heard Grant Cardone say that I fully agree with is that when you start a business, you had better forget about working 9 to 5 and commit to working 95 hours a week.
Those 95 h...
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Contractor is a month past deadline and not even half way done with job. (Only demo..rough plumbing and some rough electrical).On my last visit to the site about 10 days ago there wan no progress from my previous visi...
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We are under contract for a 4 unit apartment complex in Taft for $170k.Each unit rents for $575. Currently, there is 50% vacancy. It was advertised as fully occupied. I talked with one of the tenants who has lived the...
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Hey everyone,I am a sole proprietor with a steadily expanding buy and hold portfolio. My kids are age 8 (son) and 10 (daughter). As a single dad with sole custody, the kids have always tagged along in some way - somet...
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First things first, I love this forum, the investors and the value it brings !!! Thank you Bigger Pockets.I'll be as concise as possible. In the Boston market...live, work and breathe....have 5 units ( 3 & 2). W...
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Background: April 2013, I purchased a SFH HUD repo. (built in 2007) in College Station, TX for $89K.The loan is a 30 year conventional at 3.75%, 20% down. Rehab costs were about $12K so total out of pocket investment ...
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In your opinion, is 30% a reasonable fee to pay a property manager to do the following:
- Arrange for interior designer/furnishing property (actual expenses I have to pay)
- Promote/advertise rental and respond to a...
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Hello! My husband and I are getting ready to list our first property on AirBnB. We're a 30 minute drive from it and in the beginning we'll be the ones turning it over but I'd love to know how distance hosts manage pre...
I have 5 tenants that are on a joint lease schedule to move in on August 1st. One has not paid yet. How do I handle this situation? So far I've told them that no one can move in until rent has been paid.More backgroun...