Ingrid Nagy
Do any of you do your own repairs?
Since I mostly just look and give instructions to the Super, it was a real "turn back the clock" moment for me recently when I was trying to meet an inspection deadline-not enough manpower to get everything done. The...
Shalom Shore
Help! Am I doing something wrong? Do I have what it takes?
I'm turning the community in the hopes that you can talk me off the ledge. Or at least provide some support or advice. I dreamed of investing in real estate for years. I networked my ass off and managed to buy four pr...
Stephanie Banno
S-Corp and LLC? Tax Attorneys in Austin, TX area
Hello All!I was recently advised that the best way to setup a new investor business is create two separate companies. Both a S-Corp and LLC. I was advised that an LLC should ONLY hold property (up to $1M) while the S-...
Faye R.
redeveloping mixed use property
This is my first BP post! I've got two parcels (.37 of an acre total) centrally located in the pedestrian area of a small but growing town in Southern Oregon. (Pop. 6k but it's not the complete boonies as 100k+ peop...
Adam Anderson
Buying first property, is 2%, 50% rule applicable in Boston?
Hi everybody,Newbie here, looking to buy my first property. I'm not totally green to the life of a landlord, as I have managed my dad's 4plex property since I was a teenager. However, he bought in the 90s, in a nice p...
Chad C.
Inherited tenant has litter of dogs. What to do?
I purchased a piece of property in a country setting, with a long-standing tenant. I also bought the neighboring properties, and have a new tenant in one. I am trying to fix the place up and get it nice for the other ...
Jesse R.
First rental deal in the works, need a bit of advice please
Howdy, Long time lurker, first time poster. I was waiting until I had a good scenario/question to pose to the group before I made a post so here it goes.I've been speaking with a client of mine who wants to sell his ...
Mitch Mallett-Hiatt
Sustainable Construction and Development
New to bigger pockets forums. I thought I would give it a try and see what discussion will arise from a topic that is not common to this forum.
As an Architectural Engineer that lives and breathes construction, I w...
Tim Coppola
Sump pump backups
I bought my first property earlier this year in Chicago and it has a sump pump in the basement unit. Being that this is my first property and I have never dealt with sump pumps before I had someone come out and look a...
Robert Pfenninger
Texas Ballot on Property Taxes
Howdy my fellow Texas investors. Coming at you from Waco, Texas but my question is about something that will affect Texas as a whole. So I read that Texas has put the option to remove property taxes and replace them w...