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Results (2024)
Jesse Billadeau First Post..Getting over the hump..finding the deal, financing & getting started in Chicago
27 November 2012 | 8 replies

Hello all,

This is my first post to bigger pockets!

I have had some real estate investing experince in the past but feel that I am at a bit of a standstill at getting my next deal. I live in chicago Il and I have su...

Joel Owens Do you rent to contractors as tenants or not ? What is your tenant mix ?
16 September 2011 | 7 replies

So with an apartment building I inherited some contractor tenants which now are leaving.

Downside:

1.Contractors income goes up an down.So one month they have rent and the next have a partial or want to do work for ...

Tony Nguyen Am I Over-Leveraging?
10 July 2016 | 17 replies

November last year, I bought a vacant 9 unit for $210k, put in $40k to renovate and after fully leased, it appraised for $440k. In April, I pulled out 80% or $318k and used $200k to pay off the private loan of the 9 u...

Mac Trader <3x Income, full year up front?
19 November 2013 | 17 replies

Greetings all! I've been lurking and soaking in every word of information in these forums and site. It's been an invaluable resource as I seek to fill a new vacancy in my recent rental. I set the BP standards in my li...

Kristen Martin What to do with 100k.
16 December 2014 | 16 replies

So, my husband and I purchased our home almost 3 years ago for 209k. It's BIG...4 bed, 3 bath 2600 sq ft. We don't need that much space for us and 2 daughters. The values have gone up quite a bit in our area. Similar ...

Brian Yoshimura What city would you buy in today (August 2014)
1 June 2015 | 27 replies

I'm just throwing this out there.  What city would you look to buy in today, or in the near future, if you...- were only interested in a buy and hold strategy,- were willing to sacrifice some cash flow (although it wo...

Michael Ealy From Buying C/D Class to Buying A Hotel (with drone video)
11 October 2019 | 21 replies

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...

Henry Murray How to estimate property taxes in LA county??
3 August 2021 | 23 replies

Hi BP! So I’ve tried several avenues already and I’m actually shocked I haven’t been able to find this info anywhere yet, so I’m turning to the trusty BP community.  (Disclaimer: I’m not asking for tax advice, just fo...

Paul Veronis Estimating Rehab Costs
15 August 2022 | 12 replies

Hello BP community. 
I was wondering if anyone had any advice or different systems they use to estimate what the rehab price would be of a property. I am trying to wholesale distressed properties in MA, but am having...

Joshua Dorkin Announcing BiggerPockets Podcast #3: Interview with Brian Burke
2 February 2013 | 19 replies

This week we've got another great new Podcast featuring a familar face from the BiggerPockets Forums, Brian Burke. Brian is a full-time real estate investor that currently has hundreds of rental units and flips more t...