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I’m thinking about purchasing a vacation rental in the great Smokey Mountains. I wanted to chat with some people who has some experience with these, or maybe someone possibly has some for sale.
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Hello BiggerPockets community,First of all, let me start by thanking all of you for being so generous with your time and being so active on this platform. I found this place by accident a few months ago and have come ...
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Hello All,I've been lurking here for a few months now, mostly saving, reading, and absorbing. I finally have some cash to start investing, but the problem is every property I analyze in the area does not cash flow at ...
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My wife and I have been thinking (preliminary) about investing in a vacation property. We like the idea of a condo b/c it's low maintance and we won't be spending a lot of time there.
My wife is thinking about Holly...
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My wife and I's goal is to buy our first property towards the end of this year when we think we will have enough for a down payment. But our dilemma is whether to buy in LA or outside of California. The same amount o...
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Hello BiggerPockets Family,I wanted to share my first purchase that I closed in LA back in August 2017. Now that the dust has settled, here is my story. I hope this reminds beginners like me that it is possible to pur...
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Hi All,I had a bad experience with my first PM company, where they were unable to rent a property at a price I had been previously renting it at for over 3 months. When I attempted to get rid of them, I realized that...
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Good evening BP Family, I'll jump right into it... is anyone finding multi-family deals in South FL? It feels almost impossible to find a deal that makes any sense. I've done some research and ran numbers on about 30 ...
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Newbie question - I want to get in the market as soon as possible (obviously) and trying to figure when I'd be ready to invest in my first property. I am currently saving for my first multi-family rental property and ...
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I own a 4-plex in Los Angeles and have built up ~$1 million of equity
in the property (bought in 2011, at the lows). I'm considering selling
the property and exchanging into more units (still in L.A.) but I'm
tr...