Richard Xyminies
Occupied Property or Unoccupied Property?
This is my first investment and I am currently looking at 2 rental properties. I am struggling to make my decision as to which property I should choose. One of the properties are occupied with a tenant that has been i...
AJ P.
New Door and Shutter Color
Hey everyone, I’m getting new garage doors and windows on my duplex property. They’re both going to be a plain white. I wanted to refresh the paint on the front doors and shutters as well. Does anyone have a color sug...
Matthew Beharrysingh
Direct Mailing with PostCards Advice
Hello BiggerPockets Family,My name is Matt Beharrysingh and I am semi new to real estate investing, semi meaning that i have educated myself over the last 6 months on REI and I have done some DM marketing a few months...
Jonathan Mertens
Just something I wanted to share
Hi BP family, I wanted to share something that is dear to my heart and I hope you get something out of it. My apologies that it is not about real estate. It's about my story with an autoimmune disease. As a young kid ...
Darryl Jennings
shopping for a mortgage
I'm going to be purchasing my first property soon and I'm currently shopping for a mortgage. What are the top or most important questions to ask a mortgage specialist? In addition, how many days can you get pre approv...
Max Gomeniouk
Enhance an offer on estate sale
Good evening BP!We are negotiating on an offer for a property that is part of an estate. This is a flip opportunity. After going back and forth with price twice we are about $8,000 apart and I am not as comfortable ab...
Steven DAmbra
Finishing touches on Flip
Hey flippers, I'm finishing up just my 2nd flip and just wanted to see if anyone knew any little tips or tricks regarding the sale.
Anyone have any INEXPENSIVE and simple suggestions as far as making the house look...
Account Closed
Nightmare tenants
So I'm reading all of these posts about 'nightmare tenants' and I'm wondering...are these all tenants that were not screened properly or substandard tenants that were allowed in because there was no better choice at t...
Laura Clark
Flipping a House - Removing Trees to Help Curb Appeal
We are working on a higher end flip (finished price of $525K which is above average for Baltimore Co) in a very solid family neighborhood. Our house lacks curb appeal. We plan to paint, put on new shutters, remove the...
Joshua Dorkin
Halloween 2009
I'm not sure about the rest of you, but I'm not a huge fan of Halloween.
That said, I thought it might be fun to have a thread where we share our Halloween pics . . . got a shot of yourself, your dog, etc. in costume...