Antonio McGuire
My First Rental.... should i rent to felons
Hi, I am renting out my first house and trying to get someone in there in the next few weeks. I have a couple that are really interested, but the male has a felony (schedule II PITS) female has shopped lifted in pas...
Stace Breland
Confused on where to start
Hey all. Very confused on where to start with sooo much info out there so let me tell you where I’ve come from. So I guess I am new to investing… kinda. I actually had a failed rental home years ago due to it being s...
Rick L.
Help! I have a "High Maintenance" Tenant
Background:I have a tenant who has been renting for about 10 months. She is a retired probation officer and currently works part-time with one of local city governments in the traffic court division. When she first ...
Mike Sales
Appraiser v. Property Manager
I really love real estate, I've been studying and looking at REI books for a good 5 years, and I like the prospect of working in the business. After some reflection I've decided on two jobs that I think would be benef...
Andrey Y.
Alaska landlords and investors (Fairbanks and Anchorage)
Something I am totally in the dark at, and would love to ask those of you who have lived or had rentals in Alaska. I think the expenses for Anchorage and Fairbanks should be pretty similar, with the exception of heati...
Uuri Koh
New from San Francisco
Hi BP community! My name is Uuri and I live in San Francisco CA. I joined BP because I want to learn more about real estate investing and could use some more open and specific advice for my goals than I've found in...
Michael Douglas Christensen
My Plan to Start Investing
Hi BiggerPockets! I have been learning a lot for the past several months, have come up with a plan, and wanted to run it by all of you with much more experience than me to see if my plan seems reasonable.This Tuesday ...
James Hernandez
Brokerage Advice needed: New Part-time Real Estate Salesperson
Greetings, thank you for your time and attention. I'm coming here with humility to ask for your perspective because I don't have any. I'm giving you my questions first just in case you don't want to read the whole po...
Michael Fortier
Park owned homes vs Resident owned homes
I have been doing a lot of research into mobile homes and mobile home park investing lately. As I research I always see parks with a percentage of park owned homes. Is there a general thinking on which is better? I re...
Ryan R.
Buying 2nd investment property..
My question is about the 20% down for obtaining my second investment property. I have the cash, but I don't believe it to be wise to put down 20% if I am purchasing a property that already has 20% equity.
My current...