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Michelle Mercer ISO Resources for Newbies. I think I Just Closed a good deal, What's Next?
24 January 2024 | 18 replies

Hi all,
I've been investing in real estate for 10 years, mostly BRRRR in Midwest and Georgia, STR in TN/NC, and recently bought an industrial warehouse in GA. I got it by accident and not really sure what I'm doing n...

Emily Sulliban 50% Rule- Is it Really a Rule?
8 August 2010 | 26 replies

I've been reading on the 50% rule for calculating viability on a potential rental income property:
Gross monthly rent
-(minus)50% for operating expenses
______________________________(equals)
NOI(Net Operating Inco...

Darwin Crawford So you Wanna be a Landlord?
9 January 2018 | 50 replies

Hi there BP!the following is something I feel needs to be written to kind of get a lot of things on the table.  First off, a couple of disclosures:  1) I am NOT a millionaire in real estate.  I'm just a hard-working d...

Tom Goans New Bubble
14 June 2013 | 32 replies

As an old pro with almost 50 years of personal experience and learned real estate investing and developing from my grandfather and father, I am of the opinion a new real estate and credit bubble is being created just ...

Alex Bekeza California Passes Solar Panel Mandate
17 November 2021 | 122 replies

California recently signed a mandate requiring most new homes in the state to include solar panels after 2020. California is the first state to do so, but it likely won't be the last, with New Jersey and Minnesota pur...

Erik Haugen Ethical dilemma around kicking tenants out
25 September 2017 | 73 replies

I bought a 8-unit apartment building; the value add is that rents are 20% below market value. My strategy was to buy, let the tenants go, rehab, and raise the rents. We gave notice to all the tenants (who are month-to...

Alex Young Newbie, ready to get going, sick of living in my car broke
23 August 2017 | 93 replies

Hi Bigger Pockets community, I am 26 years old with an undergraduate education in geology. I've spent the last couple of years wandering aimlessly and it hasn't paid off to do so. Trying to reinvent myself, my strateg...

Samuel Jolicoeur Tell me your Real Estate story!
31 December 2023 | 18 replies

Good Saturday everyone! As I sit here in my Open House in between guests, I'm thinking about all of the negatives right now: high interest rates, high prices, and negative market sentiment. But to cheer myself up I’m ...

Delmas Edwards I need help in what I should do, what are my options?
13 January 2021 | 75 replies

I have a rental property I purchased cash using my credit cards. I purchased it for 18k rehabbed it and now it appraised about 35k. The interest rates went up and I really don't want to sell for 35k I'll break even on...

Julie Kern First Deal: SFR or Student Rental?? - Brainstorming
10 June 2016 | 42 replies

We have a contract on our first deal as of today (see http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/1548... for details).Our original plan was to rent this out as a SFR.  But over the last 24 hours, I started wonderin...