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My Wife and I purchased our home in Charlotte NC last year for $147,000. We bought it in rough shape and have since then replaced all the flooring, put in new Kitchen cabinets and countertops and painted the whole pla...
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A client recently contacted me about a short sale in the Cleveland market that seemed to be priced way below market value. After digging into the listing info, I found a fairly typical approach to marketing these prop...
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We are approaching the Thanksgiving season and I thought I start off a little early with a progress of ownership and a big thanks to the whole biggerpockets.com family. @Joel Owens in particular. I made my first real...
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74-year-old black woman, not paid rent for two years and the tenant refuses to even sign the form for rental assistance. This poor woman is held hostage by a criminal tenant...and an unjust, illegal government policy....
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Hey guys! I'm interested in turning some SFHs into duplexes by finding a property that would be conducive to that. I asked my realtor about it and he quickly said he would not recommend it because of the issues of the...
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Unless I'm mistaken, the option to use Blended Retirement System (BRS) only makes sense if you're planning on separating before 20 years AND you REALLY like the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Even the Thrift Savings Plan...
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All,What are your thoughts about investing near bases and do you think the military will be bolstered with the new president? I'm from the Tampa area and we do a lot of wholesaling, flipping, etc.. and I own a brokera...
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Hello, BP community! I am a long-time lurker, newbie real estate investor and a first time home buyer...so I'd love to get some advice and feedback to help me make sure I'm on the right track.My fiance and I bought ou...
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Hello everyone,
I'm curious how many people paint in between each tenant? Surely depends on condition, but if it has some basic scrapes and marks here and there, do you repaint for each tenant?
im calculating th...
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Hello,
My business partner and I have just set up our LLC and are beginning to source properties for our first purchase under our LLC. We are purchasing our first property(s) by using a funding source from someone w...