Jim Haney
BRRRR Property refinance dilemma and critique
I have a dilemma with a BRRRR strategy property that I was hoping to get some input on. We are not total newbies but are definitely in a learning phase. We have 6 doors near where we live – over the last 18 years we...
Brian R.
Student rental question; accepting rent per person? Or one?
Hello BP hive mind, I am curious what people's thoughts are regarding allowing students to each pay me their portion of the rent [ie, 4BD house rents for 1300 between 4 people = $325/per person] Do I ask one person to...
Scott Bell
What to do with a property
I have a home in the FT Benning area, currently with a VA Loan. I have had a bad experience with 3 different property managers over the years. Now I'm going to Korea far a few years and need to figure out what to do. ...
Habbak Burs
If the housing market drops .... strategy
In general there is a lot of speculation that the housing market prices are going to drop.... at least in California, it does feel that way I see home sales slowing down, prices haven’t really dropped a lot but it def...
Jim Ehlinger
New Hampshire Investor - New to REI
I found Bigger Pockets a few months ago after deciding I wanted to take control of my future and realizing that I had still had the real estate bug. I have had the bug for a long time but never really took any action...
James Carollo
How well have LUXURY VINYL PLANKS held up?
We have installed a whole lot of it to replace carpet. Many of the brands say it’s easy to replace a section rather than the whole floor. I haven’t seen many after a year or so and am wondering if the product stands u...
Minh Lai
Background Check in College Towns
Hello! I will be renting out a town house in a college town (Norman, OK). My question is should I charge a fee and use the money to do a background check? If they're a student I figure it wouldn't be needed. As for a ...
Russell John Walsh
Men Showing property to Women.
I don't know if other people are as paranoid about this as I am. It's hard to imagine nobody worries about it.I usually try to have my wife with me but that is not always possible. Today, I am Face Timing with my son...
Michael Ealy
From Buying C/D Class to Buying A Hotel (with drone video)
As some of you know, I started real estate investing by buying in the war zones of Cincinnati. For those of you who don't know, here's part 1 of how I started, lost everything and then acquired over 1,000 apartment un...
Erin Malone
Can I keep honey oak cabinets in rental?
Hi -
We moved into a new house and are renting out my 1600 sq ft condo in Annapolis. It has to decent sized MBRs. I put in all new appliances, painted it completely, and added faux wood blinds. I also did faux gr...