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...
Kevin Enderle
First full deal...plus long term holding advice needed.
Just closed on my first full deal. I have another rental prop on my own land (I unknowingly house hacked by turning a second building on my property into a rental which generates $950/month CF). I have done a flip wi...
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...
Judy Parker
Landlord's Rights Being Violated
The landlord-tenant world changed last night. The US Senate’s COVID-19 bill changed the landlord’s rights. That bill, passed last night, affects landlords that have federally insured (or “backed”) mortgage loans. T...