Jonathan Streufert
Calling yourself the "Landlord" or "Property Manager"
In a book I was reading, the author made a point to say that calling yourself the "landlord" or "owner" of a rental property in front of a tenant can lead to some rather unfortunate scenarios. Rather, letting the tena...
Michelle E.
New Investor from Maryland!
Hello everyone,My name is Michelle and I'm a new investor, located in Montgomery County, MD. I'm a young professional working at a large accounting firm in the Tyson's Corner area of Northern Virginia and currently li...
Michael Cabaña
Things to do to receive maximum appraisal value
Hi BP,My wife and I are going through a cash-out refi, and are having an appraiser come to our home within the next week. Please provide any DIY tips on how to receive the maximum value for our house. Your feedback is...
Karen Margrave
WEBSITE DESIGN - INPUT NEEDED
We are real estate developers, licensed in real estate and construction. We don't really work real estate as agents, other than to list and show our own properties, and purchase land for projects. Same with constructi...
Account Closed
Does a college degree help?
Does a college degree help? Should I major in Finance or Real Estate? Both? Or is real life experience better for learning how to invest in real estate? My goal is to do this full time. What is the average time span f...
William M.
AirBnB Income Calculation Spreadsheet
AirBnB Income CalculationsStarting out in 2018 I rented out rooms in my house. I got continuous traffic, albeit small potatoes, but besides the joy of meeting interesting people and hosting, the greatest benefit was 5...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: Do you have a BHAG (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal)?
Welcome to our question of the week! We are talking about goal setting, because that can apply to any point in your journey as an investor. At BiggerPockets, you may have heard the mention of a BHAG (big, hairy, audac...
Rob DeLaurentis
New investor to the Cleveland Ohio area
I am new to investing in RE and trying to get my portfolio off the ground by starting in the Cleveland market. I am out of state, and my local area (in Boston) creates a much larger barrier to entry, so I have been r...
Brian Leonard
Furnishing a Self-Directed IRA Purchased Rental
A few years ago I converted a few 401K's into one self-directed/checkbook IRA. I setup an LLC that facilitates the financial transactions on behalf of the IRA.I recently purchased a vacation rental via the LLC, from ...
Jack B.
Aha! The importance of regular/annual inspections
We had some rain storms recently in the Seattle area, For the past few weeks. I almost wanted to email my tenants and ask them if there were any leaks, as the roof on my primary residence which is only 11 years old le...