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Hello! First post on Bigger Pockets:) My husband and I will be closing on our first STR in about 3 weeks!!! It's located in Sevierville, which is about 4 hours away from our home. We hope to have the property set up o...
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Landlords, how do you go about finding new tenants? Where do you start your search? Do you rely on a real estate agent or do it yourself? Would love to learn from your experience and want to hear both success and horr...
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During a local Meetup one of the head honchos of the group pitched a BOGO offer on mortgage notes. Yes I mean buy one get one.
The BOGO is a bit misleading because he essentially plans to buy one house for around $50...
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What I am about to reveal below is a chapter of my life that, truth be told - I am embarrassed about. However, I have decided to share my story to inspire and teach a lesson to all investors, specially newbie investor...
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Currently we own a 2.5 year old house. We bought the house because it was brand new, and it was in a place where we thought we would live for a long time. Long story short.... Taxes went up drastically, a paycut came ...
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We recently listed a duplex for rent in Milwaukee, WI. We received three applications. After calling the references and verifying income, etc. we narrowed it down to one possibility that looked good. We informed this ...
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