John Sanderson
Customer Service as a Standard
All too often I get the feeling that most here on Bigger Pockets operate under the terms "It's my way, or the highway". What most, in my opinion, fail to realize is that as a property owner, you are providing a servic...
Brian Cook
Financial Independence via Real Estate
Hi all,My name is Brian and I've been lurking around on these forums for about a week. I'm currently 25 years old and am making about ~130k in my day job. I'm located in New England. I guess my question to you all tha...
Santhosh Nair
Options for Investing 250k
Looking for out of state deals due to local market condition in the west, has 5 small SFH units under belt in OH.
What is the consensus for the best way to invest 250k in 2020 from risk reward standpoint?
1. Leverag...
Kimberly T.
Can "having a job" be part of your tenant screening criteria?
Hear me out.
Let's say part of your screening criteria is a minimum of 3x rent as income. In CA and some (all?) other states, you cannot discriminate based on source of income. That means if the prospective...
Max Cohen
Sometimes You Have To Be Flexible: The Story of My BRRRRSTR
My first BRRRR! A BRRRRSTR! (I’ll explain...read on).
When I purchased this house, it was a 4bd/3.5ba 4076sqft single family home in Westminster, CO. This was by far the largest house I had ever purchased. I thought ...
Jessica Martin
Wholesaling/Bird dogging. Legal vs Illegal?
As I'm studying for me RE license, I'm paying close attention to the definitions/reasons for needing a RE license (Or not needing one). Wholesaling does seem to check out so far because, technically, you are not selli...
Davido Davido
Neighborhood Cooperates to Rent Abandoned Home. Who Pays Taxes?
In this situation, $60,250 has been collected in rents over a 12-year period ($38,000 net), yet I cannot tell who, if anyone has a reporting or tax liability for the rents collected, or when their liability, if any, w...
Jorge Caicedo
PRIVATE LENDER'S SELF DIRECTED IRA..NEED SOME CLARITY HERE..
Ok, I've read that many private lenders lend out of their self directed IRA's to investor's for a return on their money..However I came across this article and now I'm totally confused..Self Directed IRA companies ...
Stewart Thompson
Newbie But In Need Of Direction
I hate to do this, but I do need some specific answers as I have a weird and limited situation.I currently work for my father, but I hate it. Those of you who have worked for family may be able to relate to that. I ha...
Mark Updegraff
Hobbies you enjoy that DONT get you paid
Life is too short to not have a little fun!
Me (don't worry I'll keep it short and sweet!):
Glassblowing (well, actually flameworking), here I use a propane / oxygen / compressed air mix and a German torch to heat u...