Clint S.
Success With First SFH Rental! But Please Don't Fish In My Hole!
Last summer I decided to take the plunge and buy my first single family home ("SFH") to rent, so my money could start working for me instead of me always working for my money. I had discovered Bigger Pockets ("BP") e...
Joe Koppel
Rental Insurance quote seems way too high??
I'm buying a turnkey rental in KC MO for 81k and I was recommended REI Guard Home Insurance so I checked them out and got a quote. It was $831 to $892 per year for two different options. This seems sky high to me sinc...
Tom Pignatello
Grant Cardone Says Don't Invest Until You have $100k
I have been listening to Grant Cardone's podcasts and watching his youtube videos after hearing him on show 108 of the BP Podcast. He says that you should not invest in real estate and do your first deal until you $10...
Nick Rittmann
Tampa, Fort Myers, or HAWAII??
Hi Bigger Pockets,My family and I are considering moving to one of these 3 areas:->Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida->Fort Myers/Cape Coral/Naples, Florida->Oahu (Honolulu), Maui, or the western side of the Big I...
Silvia B.
How do you handle your criminal background/credit check fee?
My tenants of 3 years will be moving and I will be going through the application process again. I was thinking that I would begin to process the basics of the applications first : verifying employment, income and pre...
Brian R.
Reserves vs. spending/enjoying cashflow
I was hoping to poll those willing to share on your personal practices for keeping reserves as buy and hold investors. If you are willing to shed some light on your philosophy behind your practices that would be even ...
Daniel O.
What could possibly go wrong?
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A Cautionary Tale for Newbies and Not-So-NewbiesThis post is intended to share some observations gained from more than a decade as a real estate investor, and to offer some words of cauti...
Alfred Bell
How do you prepare for the coming future?
Ok. We are in deflation now, and we don't know how long it is going to last.
Because of our government, we know that eventually interest rates, taxes, and inflation are going to go up, up, up. The most important pri...
Amanda Bruneau
Long Distance Investment Properties
I love the idea of buying rental properties in a more landlord-friendly area, but the idea of managing a rental property from afar is terrifying. I would love to hear people's experiences with doing this and how it ha...
Kyle Robertson
I need to hear “I quit my job!” stories, please!
Hey y’all. I’m standing on the edge of the cliff of quitting my W2 job and I’m wondering if I can fly. I’m at a point now that many have been in before. I’ve been miserable for years in my career. Instead of letti...