Is it a good idea to use a general contractor for your first flip(s)?
What is going to be the average percentage that a GC will charge?
I would prefer to use one on my first flip(s) however my business partner wants t...

My partner and I purchased a 6 unit complex in Shreveport, La. roughly 8 months ago. The property is in a less than attractive neighborhood however Shreveport is very block by block and sometimes home by home. After o...

We just got done turning around an apartment vacated by a heavy smoker. We had to wash (to get rid of the tar) and paint the whole apartment and use an ozone machine to help get rid of the smoke smell among other ...

Hey BP, So I'm about to close on my first ever property the end of the week, yay! It's a two family in Northern New Jersey and I will be living in the top unit.  The tenants are both month to month and I had to give n...

Hello everyone, I've been buying and rehabbing properties for long term rentals for going on 8 years now.  I enjoy buying properties, designing them, and seeing the end product.  However in the past I've done the majo...

So after much reading, I finally decided to take a shot at my first real estate investment; thanks in no small measure to all the wonderful information here at BiggerPockets. So here are the details:Closed 5/11/17 Fin...

My electrician discovered that the exterior walls in my newly purchased ranch home do not have insulation.  I am meeting with the contractor tomorrow to discuss options.  about how much should I expect to pay to insul...

Hi all,I bought a 1925 duplex on Metropolitan next to "the green store."  It's in the Adair Park Historic District.  After a car crashed into the front of it, I decided to try to lump all exterior changes I might want...

I recently purchased a 3 family with very limited parking.  Two of the units are occupied and I am having trouble renting out the 3rd unit with such limited parking. We have a winter parking ban in this town and the s...

Hi all,

I just recently purchased a 4-unit property in the Merrimack Valley area of Massachusetts.

My plan is to owner occupy one unit and rent out the other 3.

As closing approaches I am thinking of ideas on how t...