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2.5 years ago, we sold a house we'd owned for two years for $900K (paid $480K) and we used the proceeds to buy our current house in the very best neighborhood in Boise for $1.45M and then we spent another $150K (in ca...
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Anyone doing STR in Finger Lakes market? I am looking to learn about this market.
What cities / counties are STR friendly?
Agent recommendations?
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Hi,I just wanted to take a poll to see if any investors had a preference between Elance or Odesk or do some of you use them interchangeably? I started with Odesk and now I'm exploring Elance.Does it come down to a mat...
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I have a friend who owns an upscale beachfront condo in west FL. The property is located in a upscale area, nicely furnished and well maintained. We have been spent time in this property for the past several years and...
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Hi investors in Tampa or other areas prone to natural hazard, I am currently looking into the opportunities in investing in Tampa. But one thing concerns me is that it is prone to hurricane or other natural hazard. Wo...
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I'm tossing this idea around. The first two months were included in my staging fee that I paid upfront and every month after that they charge me 15% of the staging fee per month. I already have pictures on the ML...
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Investment Info:
Large multi-family (5+ units) commercial investment investment in Harrisburg.
Purchase price: $220,000
Cash invested: $55,000
This is my first ever true real estate investment. I lea...
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Hi Everybody!My name is Karen Saxon. I live in Little Rock, AR, with my husband, Ben. He and I were both going to post our introductions today but then we thought that might be like showing up at the Bigger Pockets Gy...
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My husband and I purchased a townhouse in Prescott, AZ over a year ago and it is renting well with little to no headaches. Moving forward with a lot of courage we then purchased a beautiful house in Sedona, AZ with th...
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Good morning all my fellow BP'ers. I wanted to share my excitement with you. I have been researching REI for the past 3 months: reading BP, listening to all the of podcasts, reading "rich dad poor dad", "millionaire ...