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Happy New Year Everyone!
I'm wondering how do does one become a legitimate "full-time landlord".What I usually see is that people have a job/position to supplement their real estate investments. But I have come acros...
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Just got a call last night for what may be a great (amazing!) opportunity. A family member is looking to retire and offered that I could take over his entire business. We didn't get into the depth of details I'd like ...
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I'm looking for some inspiration. I'm working full time while my wife stays home with our kids until they're both school age (so about another 4 years). My wife is slowly starting to get interested in investing with m...
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Hi Everyone, I am new to biggerpockets. It has been my dream for years to be able to invest in rental properties. My plight right now is that I only earn $33K per year. Have been looking for better job options, ho...
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Hello everyone!I'm 30 years old from Godfrey, Illinois, which is about thirty minutes east of down town St. Louis, Missouri. I work for a mid size police department in the area. I would say that my wife and I are bett...
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THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE MOVING TO HAWAIIEvery year thousands of people move to Hawaii, buy a home and begin to live their dream. Starry-eyed people come here with high hopes of living in paradise, in a beautiful house o...
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Hi fellow BPers. I am a real estate newbie having been in the game for almost a year now. I'm currently in the raising capital stage to eventually get into buy and holds. I have been doing this primarily through worki...
Hi, I'm new here and read the forum fairly regularly, but wanted some opinions on a prospective tenant. I've had my rental for 2 years, the first tenant was a lucky find (great renter, high income, exceptionally respo...
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Hello BP Community,(Not really a new member intro) Last week I finally made the leap to quit my full time engineering job and become a full time real estate investor in the Lexington Kentucky area. Right out of colleg...
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Tonight at our investor meeting we heard an ignored tale. One of that of the Federal and local regulations on rehabs have been around for 15 years and NO ONE has been applying them EXCEPT for the new trendy group that...