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Hi BP,I am looking to buy a multifamily with two friends in San Diego. Have to get more people on it since the high price in SD. Here is our situation Friend 1: Main Borrower. No Primary residence so this multifamily ...
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While I realize that rules of thumb like the 1% rule cannot replace proper due diligence and thorough analysis, they can help focus time/energy. Does anybody have any helpful rules of thumb that can be applied to a sh...
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These two have become very popular over the last few years, and you'll get mixed reviews from all sides. I'm a fan of co-hosting pretty strongly over arbitrage, but I am trying to hear stories of success (or failure) ...
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I have a tenant that will start a lease on May 1. The house was already in livable condition but I have improved it by installing a new toilet, painting every room, tearing the kitchen down to the studs and installing...
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Hey all!For any and all who have any advice/input/experience that they feel would help someone who is new to the multi-family space- please share! I personally feel like this is a space that has a high barrier to entr...
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I'm screening for my first rental tenant. Would you ever consider renting to someone based on them paying 4 month chunks at a time, this to be paid fully by their student loan distribution and not working income. This...
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Okay Bigger Pockets friends, I recently purchased my ticket to the Fortune Builders 3 day work shop. I wanted to reach out to my BP community and ask if anyone has personally attended this event, if so what was your o...
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Oh the school of hard knocks....We have handled being landlords all wrong but now are trying to educate ourselves. How do we go about teaching our renters to be good renters when we started out wrong? For one we didn...
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Hey there, this is my first post so thanks in advance for any advice.
I have one rental which I've split into 2 units. I used to announce myself as the owner however I have read throughout this site that thi...
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Hey All! So I have very little background in construction or house repair. I also just bought my first duplex, but am new to the game. So here are two questions that have been bothering me and are making me feel timid...