Brian Beadle
Title company sent me a surprise $1000 bill for their mistake...
Hello all, My fiance and I closed on our house a month ago and I just received an email from my lender informing me that 'When the title company completed the closing statement they flipped the winter and summer tax ...
Account Closed
70 percent rule, Any pros/cons and surprises good and bad?
Good evening, I'm new to bigger pockets and real estate. I have no experience and have been reading books and listening to pod cast. I have a question as to the 70 Percent rule. How accurate is it? I know it is used a...
Jennifer Streamer
Perfect applicant - but then there is a surprise. What to do?
I have a property that I'm taking applications for. It's a nice brick home in a B area with great schools. Rent is 1325 per month.I have a tenant who applied who is being transferred back to our area after several y...
Luis Crespo
Big Surprise when you buy your new home in todays Market.
When buying a Real Estate consider property tax new cost specially in today's Market. Never, Never use your sellers property tax expenses to estimate your future property tax, this is a big mistake done my many peopl...
Account Closed
70 percent rule....any pros/cons that caught some by surprise?
How accurate is it? I know it is used as a guideline and is not set in stone but is there anything that has really deterred anyone from doing it or something that a beginner might miss or not know of? Any feed back or...
Anthonie B.
How much to increase rent? Also..my tenant has a cat(surprise!)
My tenant has been in the house for about 5 months now.All seems to be going fine. I went to do a minor repair at the house and saw a cat which I never new about. She has two dogs which I knew about. She has a $800 pe...
Roy N.
Surprise!! A renovation retrospective of an 1100 ft^2, 2-level flat.
IntroductionThe saga started almost a year ago (September 2014). The relationship with long-term tenants we inherited two years prior had been sliding sideways for some time - their unit was the only one we had not r...
Tyler Green
I'm renting out my condo nightly in Texas. ANY SURPRISE TAX RULES?
Are there any surprise tax rules I should know of for renting out my condo to people nightly? As far as I understand if you rent your condo out for fewer than 14 days at a time then the rental income is tax-free (othe...
Michael Mackney
How did REI surprise you and live up to expectations years later?
Hey BP investors! I'm relatively new to the game and am looking to start REI in the next few months. My questions for those with more years under their belt of REI is:
1. What are the biggest surprises you have had t...
Roger Simons
I'm surprised almost no one talks about the LAYOUT of the house!
Doesn't all your monthly income hinge on this? The average size of bedroom in my middle class area is 100 - 150 sq ft. The average median priced home here is about $300,000 and about 2000 sq ft, often not including ...