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LLC To Manage House Hack
I am interested in getting into rental investments via house hacking. My eventual goal is to own a portfolio of properties outside of my personal residence, but the first two properties I buy will likely be house hack...
Spencer Carpenter
How to go $85k over budget and take 15 months to complete
This is going to be a long post, but I felt it was worth taking the time to make because even after listening to nearly 150 episodes of BiggerPockets, there were still so many things that we missed, didn’t think of, ...
Samantha Miller
Screening tenant-roommates for first house hack
Hey Bigger Pockets Community!
I am working towards settlement on my first home purchase! Settlement is set for early November. My plan with the purchase (a 4 bed single family in Philadelphia) is to rent out 3 of the...
Dan Shelhamer
Takeaways from meeting with my accountant
The other day I met with my accountant to do some year-end planning, especially since this is my 1st year owning investment properties. A few things that I took away from this meeting are listed below, and I was just...
Josh L.
What am I doing wrong when I reply to viewing requests?
I started seriously posting to zillow and trulia and I keep getting the same message which I'm assuming is a automated request by people interested in the rental:"I am interested in this rental and would like to sched...
Robert DeForge
Property owner won't show inside of home without full price offer
Ok.. call me crazy, but what does your spidey senses tell you?? Called on a property that I'm interested in. 2/2 MFR, $100k, pulling $700 each side. Looks like a C area. But, with some freshening up I think it could b...
Patrick Philip
Always use a realtor for flips?
So I just ran the numbers on a potential rehab property. Purchase = $310,000. Rehab = $80,000. ARV = $499,000.My profits before realtors commissions = $71,585. After deducting $29,940 of commissions, profits = $41,645...
Jesse Whitney-Blane
Best way to contact and convert pre-foreclosure property owners
Good morning BiggerPockets community! On my path to building first generation wealth I’m currently focusing on properties in pre-foreclosure. I want to get advice on what are the best ways to contact a property owner ...
Chris Levarek
Where It All Began - A Real Estate Journey to 626 Units
The sun was just peaking over the mountains in an area typically packed with hikers called “Dreamy Draw”, a mecca of crisscrossing hiking trails in the center of Phoenix Arizona. Splitting these mountains, thousands o...
Mark Werner
Overwhelmed with applicants
Hello all. I am curious to know from the long time, experienced landlords, how do you approach a situation with numerous applicants or potential applicants? I am new and still learning, and especially learning a lot f...