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Hurricanes aren’t what’s driving up insurance rates in Florida. Something something else is. From my own experience in real estate, I’ve seen firsthand how the insurance game has changed, and it’s not because of storm...
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First time poster here, new to bigger pockets and we are very excited to take it to the next level. We are relatively new investors and are making mistakes along the way and especially one of our rentals is pulling us...
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Hi BiggerPockets family! Hope all is well!
How do you estimate repair costs without having a walk through of the property? Do you just send pictures to the contractor? Do you ask the real estate agent who posted the...
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First I’d like to apologize for the length of this post but have questions about lead based paint and asbestos that I can’t seem to find an answer too. I am a new investor in south Mississippi. My farm area is laurel,...
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Hello, I have asked this question before, but after doing research I must disagree with the original poster. I spent almost $5K to have a plumbing company dig a hole in my yard and put a $6 boot on a cracked sewer li...
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What are the common issues found during home inspections in this area? Are there any red flags I should watch for?
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We have trees on the side of the back yard in one of our rental home, it happened the neighbor notified us that the branches hung over to their roof and demand us to take care of it. So we acted quickly and took care ...
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Good afternoon BP family! I've run across a couple of properties that I'm going to be making phone calls on. I was hoping some of you experts out there can help me come up with a list of questions that should be ask...
I am new in the investment world and i want to ask some straight up
questions about Permits as i am getting all sort of answers from
Contractors, Handymen and also people who have flipped houses before.Do
i need...
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Hello Everyone!I have a couple questions that I would like to get more experienced people’s thought on about Cash Reserves on SFR and Multi-Family units. And more specifically when to cap your reserve account and put ...