Mike J.
Lessons Learned From My $30,000 Mistake
Spring of 2010.We (my father and I) purchased a home in the Inland Empire of Southern California. It was a brand new 3Bed 2Ba SFH that was listed at an unbelievably low price. A little backstory on this property; this...
Michael Culler
War! What is it good for?
First of all, I appreciate the men and women who choose to serve in the armed forces for our country. And I do not mean to offend them in any way, but instead try to gain insight in some questions that I have.
Why d...
Josh Jacobsen
Land Contracts.
Hi Friends, I'm a huge fan of the collective wisdom of BiggerPockets, and wanted to seek out a few ideas. There is an apartment building listed on the MLS that I've been fantasizing over for several weeks, and after m...
Isaac S.
Bipolar Tenant...I hit the crazy lottery!
I'm posting to vent and maybe get some advice. I have a tenant that I have realized is Bipolar and has some serious mood swings and gets very negative verbally attacking me.She has one of my more challenging units tha...
Dawn Anastasi
Most dangerous neighborhoods in America
Just read an article on this and thought it would be interesting to share. 1. North and Northeast Auburn Gresham (Chicago IL)Zip code 606202. Washington Park (Chicago IL)Zip code 606373. Northeast of East Atherton an...
Maranda Tucker
How much $$$ did you have when you started investing?
My husband is convinced we have to be making $200k + a year before we can start investing. I KNOW that isn't the case. I have met a few that started with very little and built their empire over time. When you first st...
Dave Kennedy
Wave 2 of Market crash
Could we see another substaintial downturn in the market?
It's funny how quickly the media swung after Monday's huge gain. Everyone said how it was over sold and this was due. They expected the market to float closer...
Jody Young
Real danger of asking for private money - long bitter post
I debated on posting this because the incident has discourage me so much. But here it is:Last Friday I arrived home to a business card from a detective from our police department. I had just got home from visiting my ...
NA Jones
Firing a lousy contractor
Hi BP! I'm going to search the forums for similar discussions, just looking for some advise... We're part way through our first flip and have had decent luck so far getting the right guys in place to do the job, exc...
Cody Warhurst
Discouraged from starting by family with experience...need some encouragement
Hi everyone,
first time poster and pretty damn new to the forum. My wife and I are just starting our rei journey and have been researching and preparing for owning multifamily re.
My parents were in the business fr...