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Wife is retiring as a school teacher in May so we are looking for a few rentals to have projects to work on and make some income. Dave Ramsey fan for several years and debt free. Looking to use some of our leverage.
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I'm a Canadian looking to purchase in Columbus OH. At the moment putting together all the pieces; agents, PM, lenders, CPA, etc. Hoping to have everything in place end of OCT. I am considering booking a flight to Colu...
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AllWe have a contract on our first home to start flipping, (exciting) from asking around we have received different answers to our question, "what insurance should we carry for flipping homes".We have received the fol...
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Recently I've been thinking about my recent reads that have shaped my Real Estate business and thought I'd share them/get suggestions on new ones to add to the list. 1.) Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It... and ...
What skill sets or background knowledge did you have before closing your first deal? What skill sets or training did you acquire along the way?I am very curious to understand what it takes both professionally and with...
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Hello everyone!
My name is Jeremy and I am new to BiggerPockets, and new to Real Estate investing as a whole. I am currently taking steps to begin my career as an investor, am still under capitalized, yet still very...
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Hey everyone!Super excited to be posting on a forum! I've been listening to the podcasts for years and am excited to finally take some action. I currently have a portfolio of 3 rental units and I can pull out about 15...
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Let me give you a bit of information as I would really welcome your peoples opinion on what order we should tackle the improvements. I will also add that the property is in the San Francisco Bay Area, where rent...
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A blessing, but a challenge. That is how I would describe some opportunities that have come my way recently. I am a licensed class A general contractor, mainly doing residential flips. I own and manage some single ...
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Long story short, two years ago i received a bill from Verizon stating that 4 cell phones have been opened under my name. No minutes or data were used but somehow managed to rack the bill up to $2000. They used my nam...