Michael D Kaminski
How to Supervise my Property Manager?
Greetings! (First post on a BP Forum!)I have a portfolio of properties (more than 20 units) that are being handled by a single property manager. I get the owner's statement every month (from Buildium) that shows ren...
Anne M.
Do you consider real estate a business or an investment?
We started looking into investing in US real estate a few weeks ago.We're looking to diversify our investment portfolio. Right now, it's all in the stock market (mostly index funds). Listening to the podcast, reading ...
Karen Higgins
BEWARE of fraud by erentpayment.com
We are currently in the middle of a scam by erentpayment.com. They have taken money deposited by our tenants and have refused to pay us. They have been very limiting with information and turned their phones off and ...
Craig Moore
Why the % of failing agents is overblown/needs rationalization
All,After doing some research on becoming a real estate agent, getting feedback and taking the preliminary exam courses, I stumbled upon a troubling number. "80%-90% of new agents quit or fail within the 1st year." I ...
Jason Merchey
Ken McElroy Doesn't Do Apartments At This Point!
In a 2018 video, Ken McElroy said he doesn't do apartment investing anymore. Talked about how it is too hard to make them work with the low cap rates, and instead he builds from the ground up. He's obviously a big nam...
William S.
What I've learned after six months and two rental properties
Hi All,I wanted to share with those who are just starting out some things I've learned so far in my investing journey. My first purchase was a SFH property from a turn key provider in Kansas City. This was an out of s...
Aden Brust
17 years old, advice for getting started
Hey! My name is Aden Brust and I’m 17 years old and I love real estate! I have been constantly learning about real estate and investing in general from BiggerPockets and YouTube since I was 15. More recently it has go...
Nwakaego O.
My contractor has blown throw the allocated budget
Hey everyone, I'm new to this home ownership deal and am currently doing some rehab to my basement. I have had to stop all repairs being done to my house because the contractor sent me a bill of an additional $38K on ...
Calixto Urdiales
Capitol Gains?
Hello everyone-
not sure if this has been covered but I would like to know how long would one have to stay in said property to escape Capitol Gains and within what amount of profits?
Also if someone pays taxs throug...
Kevin Lunt
Who is your self-directed IRA custodian of choice & why?
I'm curious to hear people's choices and reasons for using and/or reasons for not using any of the numerous self-directed IRA custodians out there.