Jim Goebel
Price Increases limiting returns - time to do something else?
I think we've had some success which has been a combination of hard work and some fortuitous timing. We own 6 rentals, about to become 8 (already own the 2 others but they are coming online in next 2-4 months).1 of t...
Luke Smith
Credibility Counts: Should You Partner Or Build It?
Real estate investing draws all kinds of people in. Some are looking for a quick score, others are looking for cash flow to retire early. Regardless of your reason to enter the industry, you're main action item is fin...
Antonio Martinez
Newbie: Have idea of using HELOC to supercharge my REI start
Hello Everyone.....i just joined this forum bc as i was scouring the internet over the last couple of day this forum kept popping up as full of information. so thank you all for letting us newbies access all this weal...
Adam Delort
What do you look for in markets?
What do you guys look for in a given area when thinking about rental properties? Do you prefer lower income areas where the housing is cheaper? Higher income areas where the sub divisions are more well kept but housin...
Xavier Wofford
nightmare in Virginia Beach, VA
Good afternoon BP,I recently just purchased my first condo in the Hampton roads area in February 2016 and for the first two months everything was amazing.....come May anything that could go wrong did. I planned for ...
Bobby Valcin
New Appliances vs. Used Appliances In Rentals
I'm a property manager in Palm Beach County and I've grown increasingly frustrated with the costs associated with appliance repairs in recent months. This is causing me to reconsider only using used appliances in our ...
Jeff Castro
Is what I’m doing stupid? Personally and financially
Is what I’m doing stupid? Please, all opinions welcome. I’ve turned our first home into a short term rental property. Mortgage is $3,000 and I’m making around $1,000 after all expenses. It’s been steady and I’m booked...
Geoff Pettis
Help! I own an investment property with my family and we disagree
As a property manager I have customers who own investment properties with family members but they don't see eye to eye with that family member when it comes to the investment property. I'm sure we have all heard stor...
Amy H.
Horror stories of Airbnb
I randomly created a listing for one of the bedrooms in my house on Airbnb last week. I didn’t think much of it or that I’d get any requests, but here we are with 5 requests so far!
It would be for a private bedroom...
April Zhang
Newbie from Northern California, Bay Area
Hi Everyone,Excited to be part of the BP community! I very recently learned a bit about real estate investing from a family friend, who recommended the Bigger Pockets YouTube channel. Since then I've started on the Po...