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So I'm new here and stepping out on a (relatively) small scale.
I've been looking at the distressed properties around me, thinking of my retirement, and basically said, "hey, why not build some sweat equity on one of...
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Complete renovation of triplex, now showing. One lease signed, two remaining. Many prospects ask if it is pre-wired for wifi or cable? It's not. My logic is that I can't choose for tenants which carrier they want to c...
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Bought it for $31k, put 18k into it. Just listed it for $84k.
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My wife and I want to get into flipping houses. We are thinking about buying a fixer upper that we can stay in while we remodel it.We live in Houston, TX/Galveston, TX area and have 15K in cash, so we'll need a loan t...
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Hey everyone,So I am in desperate need of some help, just purchased my first property at auction and I think I went way in over my head. Here are the numbers: I purchased the property for 98k as is, It is a nice two s...
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Thank you Loren Thomas for the idea! http://www.biggerpockets.com/users/BumperLT I have been working in the HVAC industry here in Chicago for 5 years. I work in the commercial/ industrial side but same concepts apply...
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I had heard about tenants like this, but these are the first ones of my own. The Constant Complaint tenants. I just sat down to make a list of the many complaints they have expressed to me in the past year of their te...
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Well, after 3.5 years, we have listed our first property! It was a live-in flip. Our goal was 2 years, and we almost doubled it... We did have a baby in the process, we did 90% of the work ourselves, and we learned as...
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Hoping to tap into some of the insight and wisdom of the community to find possible options for my underperforming property. Before Bigger Pockets, I bought/over paid for a condo in 2009 as a primary residence on an a...
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Hello - first post here. A little background - I just purchased my first property in the Cleveland area, a duplex, and am renting one unit out and living in the other. I will (most likely in ~2 yrs) be relocated with...