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We made tens of thousands of dollars in the last year because we were willing to share our home for one or two weekends per month. Hence, I've been getting a few inquiries about some non-obvious tips on where to begi...
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Dear BP family,
From your personal experience (or profound knowledge even better:)- when assessing/appraising the property, the appraisers do it based on :
1) Average Absolute value of similar-size houses in the 0.3...
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Had renters move out last night, they took all their stuff and actually cleaned quite well. They didn't stick around for a walk through, or even tell us when they left and didn't give forwarding address or numbers. Go...
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I have started researching MTRs in my area, but I am not really sure how to swag the vacancy rates. Any insight on how to arrive at this number (either nationally, regionally or preferably locally) would be helpful.
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Every potential lender I approached unanimously agreed that my initial appraisal was a disaster, which led to the necessity of ordering another one. I even paid extra for expedited service, as I had already requested ...
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I recently purchased a duplex for College Student Rental. I am really not sure what to do in terms of lease and security deposit. The students usually arrive in town around the middle to end of August and leave arou...
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Hello all,I've been approached by my uncle who owns a two-unit apartment to join him in the formation of an LLC. My question is, how do we go about determining a valuation of the LLC? He owns the property outright w...
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Hello fellow BiggerPocketers!My name is Matija, I'm from Melbourne, Australia, and I'll be arriving in the US mid December to begin a 12 month work/travel visa. I'm looking for work in real estate because I want to le...
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Hello all. I am curious of other people's experiences in examing new potential markets, and how you may have arrived at those particular locations. What are the things that draw you to particular markets and what are ...
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Do you invest in real estate crowdfunding? If so, what are your favorite platforms for investing?
In particular, I’m looking for crowdfunding platforms that allow non-accredited investors.
I’ve invested with Fund...