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I’m sure we’ve all seen many videos of ceilings collapsing, pipes bursting, and flooded floors coming out of Texas. Considering the uncertainty with the power grid, climate change, and likelihood or unlikelihood of t...
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Hello all,
My property management company is having some trouble renting out one of the units in my recently acquired duplex (It doesn't help that it is the dead of winter in Wisconsin, lesson learned). Another of t...
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Hey Team,
I am brand new to Real Estate Investing, and I've come to the conclusion I want to be in this for the long haul. I'm constantly listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast, and one of the things that I see that...
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Take heed investors - "the majority of millennials (59 percent) would rather rent a house than purchase one." according to the recent article below...and there are 80 million of them.http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...
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I have a rental that is available near a college (typically students occupy this). I am wondering what people think of the value of 'smart upgrades'. Has anyone done any testing or research on doing some smart home up...
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Good morning fellow Pro Members,Current Real Estate Investor Newbie...working on purchasing my first HouseHack in DFW. This market has very little supply and seems overpriced in many facets (less than 100 MLS properti...
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I will preface by saying that we have tenants who are annoying as all get out. They ask us to step in for everything from a lightbulb to grass seed to whatever. They also bother our HVAC guy to do general handyman tas...
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Hello, im new on bigger pockets and interested in using the house hacking strategy to break into real estate investing. What percentage of monthly mortgage payment needs to be covered to be a smart move?
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I'm starting to wonder if Dealmachine is just really great at promotion of the product. Everytime I come back to the app to try it out when they say there's a new update I am let down by the software. I can't image pe...
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Hello folks - I purchased my house in Aug 2018 in NJ. It is a single family two story home with a basement. The house was constructed in 2000. It has a sloping backyard elevation coming to the back of the house. The p...