Lisa Talbot
New Out of state Investing what location is best??
Hi there, I am new to the Bigger Pockets forums and want to buy my first Investment property, ideally a 2-4 multifamily property I would buy and hold with long term renters. I live in Los Angeles so I wont be buying ...
Michael Swan
Be Careful of Dead Equity!!
What prevents us all from becoming super wealthy? Plain and simple it is the return you get from your net worth. So, for an experiment take your net worth. That means, if you were to sell everything today and paid ...
Brie Schmidt
Will there be another recession?
Are we going to have a recession this year? Historically, every time we see low unemployment it is followed by a recessionNow we hit a 17 year low for unemployment rate, so what does that mean?So will it happen? Wha...
David Dachtera
New Investors: Get Educated or not?
Hello! David Dachtera here.This post is going to be a bit unpopular on Bigger Pockets because it's about education - Real Estate Investing education. The site as a whole has rather a strong sentiment against paying fo...
Ryan M.
$700k to Invest: Need Advice
I might be selling a website and will have around $700k to invest. I'm not an active real estate investor but I've been learning about it over the past few years. If I sell this website I will be getting a lump sum an...
Kelly McMillan
Help! Pet damges of $4500 above deposit.
I allowed a tenant to have pets (3 small dogs), with a pet deposit of $300. He was the first tenant in a newly renovated unit with refinished wood floors. After several visits in which I found feces on the floor, a gr...
Wes Brand
Oakland/SF/Surrounding area help
I realized that I dismissed Oakland / SF / the relatively close area out of hand -- thinking it can't possibly work because the buy ins are too high, and the cash ROI is too low, but I never actually seriously investi...
Charles Cline
2% rule
I was listening to the podcast where Josh and Brandon were talking about investing rules, the 2% rule seems rather unrealistic. Is anyone actually acheiving that?
Chris S.
Expected Cash On Cash Return - Buy And Hold
Hey guys, quick question for a buy and hold.If you had $100,000 cash, after buying properties, how much would you expect to produce with that per year? For example, 25% cash on cash return? I'd imagine that the more ...
Nina B.
Is agreeing to rental terms considered a binding verbal contract?
A Father came to look at our rental for his newly graduated college son. I gave the Father a Rental Application as well as an Oregon Rental Application Addendum & Fee Disclosure. The Father dropped of both signed ...