Will Barnard
Choosing your contractors & estimating rehab costs
A very common question around BP Nation is how to choose contractors and where to find them. Moreover, so many newbie investors ask how to estimate the costs to repair the property to bring it to the highest market va...
Joe Chesebro
Rochester, NY - Seeking mentoring & connections
Hey everyone, new investor here looking for mentoring and any helpful contacts.
My first goal is to do a house hack in at least a somewhat decent neighborhood (ideally in the Greece/Gates area but I know I need to be...
Michael Hajduk
Future of Smithfield
Scouring the city-data.com forums and the ones here, I get mixed feelings about the potential for revitalization in the BSC/Legion Field/Graymont area. Unfortunately, a lot of the information seems out of date. Readin...
Brian Davis
Properly Screening Tenants
Hello,I am newer to biggerpockets and still looking to do my first investment. Rates are just so high right now that it is making it difficult to pull the trigger on anything. I actually do background screening and ...
Fernando Juarez
Single or Small Multi-family
Hi everyone,My fiancé and I moved from Texas to northern Illinois last Summer (2022). We moved due to work and, fortunately, we like it here. We are 28 and we have recently finished school and have stable income. We h...
Dan Milinazzo
Property in Pre-Foreclosure old owner wants it back
So, here is the scenario. A couple purchased a house in Massachusetts back in 1979 and continued to raise their family there. I will refer to this couple as the original owners for the sake of this post. They sold th...
Jon Wimmer
Engineering and Real Estate
Hey BP,I was wondering if anyone has advice on how I can apply my mechanical engineering degree to learn more about real estate. I just graduated and am currently looking for my first entry level job. I was thinking I...
Brian Wong
Avengers Assemble...? (FHA 203k Bronx Multifamily Gut Rehab)
INTRO/BACKGROUND:
Hi! My name is Brian and I'm a real estate newbie. Or well, I've been lurking Bigger Pockets as a way to educate myself for a while now and am only starting to dip my toes into the waters of real es...
Daniel Castellano
Multi family investing out of state
Hi all,I am new to the real estate game in the US, I am from Australia and have experience in investing back home and am trying to learn as much as I can about real estate investing within the US as i live and work he...
Anthony D.
New Investor Greater Boston Area Help!
Hey all,I am looking to enter the glorious world of real estate investing! Being from the Greater Boston area, pricing of the homes are obviously steep. What suggestions would you guys have in trying to start off to b...