Shahram Zarshenas
Costs to account for in Short Term Rentals
Hey Everyone!Excited to join this community and make my first post! I am interested in getting into the STR/VR market and am looking at several properties right now as a potential investment. I am building out a model...
Frank Piccioni
Beginner Investing in Charleston
Good morning
My name is Frank and I am new to the bigger pockets community and to real estate. I live in Charleston SC and I am wanting to possibly buy my first rental property to turn into an Air bnb. Is there any...
Stephen Montez
Investing In Real Estate - 3 Biggest Struggles?
Hey all! What are your top 3 biggest struggles right now as a real estate investor? Would love to learn from others experiences and put together a place where we can all come to help one another out with the troubles ...
Alexis Dedrickson
Calling everyone from Indianapolis
Or those who invest there and know the area very well.
I currently have 2 rentals in Indy in an area that I really believe is a great area. It's just outside of the city and seems to be desireable for renters and buy...
Geoff Bishop
Do Investors Drive Up Home Prices?
Do buy-and-hold real estate investors drive up home prices?Does the average Joe have to pay more for his home because greedy real estate investors buy up all the houses?I'm being somewhat tongue-in-cheek here, but is ...
Cole Haynes
New to the forum Tampa, FL
Hey everyone!
I have been meaning to post an introduction here but I kept putting it off! My name is Cole Haynes and I just turned 24 on January 7th. I was born and raised in Tampa, FL.
I have been lurking around o...
Account Closed
Possible to avoid Capital Gains Tax by moving into property?
In regards to the IRS rule(s) that allow single/married individuals to realize a tax free gain on real property sales up to $250k/$500k so long as they live in the property for 2 of the past 5 years, is it possible fo...
Donte Handy
Cost of Changing Locks?
BPThis Friday I completed my first move-out inspection. A guy came over and charge me $300 to change my locks. He changed 3 locks. Does this seem like a fair price? Where can I get information on going prices prior to...
Will Carson
Starting where you have contacts vs. where you're excited to be.
Hi all. This is my first post here - I'll try to keep it short.I've become incredibly interested in REI over the past 3 months. I've gotten to a spot in one of Brandon Turner's books where he is talking about the imp...
Susan Charbonneau
HUD house woes!!
I won a bid on a HUD house. I bid on it based on the HUD home report. It looked like there wasn't too much to it. I also had my own home inspection done.
Turns out, it has some major flaws ($$$) The sub floor and be...