![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1408614/small_1621512011-avatar-rickh104.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have been brainstorming what I believe would serve as a dual strategy to play the rental property game the right way. Combining a 1st lien HELOC in lieu of having a mortgage. The advantages of a HELOC over a mortgag...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2932556/small_1706476577-avatar-kaylap69.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello! New to STR and new to BiggerPockets. I am a full time real estate agent and have just reached the point where I can start investing myself. I found a place in a vacation area (2.5 hours away from me by car) tha...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/443199/small_1694564043-avatar-bobj13.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have a chance to buy in (via TIC) to what is basicly a 10' x 24' shed at an advantageous price that I've been given the verbal ok from SF Planning that would work for an ADU. I'd have to run sewer and all utilities...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/286798/small_1621441705-avatar-irma.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello my name is Irma and my husband and I purchased two 5 acre blocks 10 years ago as an investment. Now that they are paid off, I'd like to know what I should do with them. We are living in interesting times around ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/454370/small_1621477376-avatar-iwc22.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Why do so many Multi-unit property investors want/allow grass on their rental properties? Why pay for lawn care for $100 per month when you can do decorative rock or other xeriscape designs and hire some neighbor kid ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/537767/small_1621492064-avatar-senorjackson.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
After evicting my downstairs tenant from my duplex, I had to renovate the bathroom. I wanted to do as little as possible but we knew there was water damage in the flooring. Long story short it's been a full remodel do...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/890765/small_1629346789-avatar-timc135.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I am going to preface this with I am a completely new investor (0 deals under my belt, but will buy at least one property in 2018). I would like to do some variation of a house hack in San Diego (ADU/SFH-MFH conversio...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/278678/small_1621441102-avatar-darlynn.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone, I have been doing some research on assisting investors as I do Real Estate Agents. I'm curious to know, what are some tedious tasks that you're currently doing, that you wish to have automated to give ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/498853/small_1621479424-avatar-sagih.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi all,Does anyone have experience with house splitting/house hacking?My wife and I are thinking about splitting a house, living in half and renting the other half as a STR.We are currently living in South Florida and...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/778461/small_1694668289-avatar-stevenh112.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
A developer currently has a ~8.5 acre parcel under contract that mine and 3 neighbors share a boundary with. He is interested in buying us out to develop independent living homes for senior citizens. How do I begin to...