Patrick Philip
What would you do to this house specifically?
I'm thinking of taking out a HELOC to fix and flip this house. http://cheaphomedeals.net/show_listing_details.php...Judging from the pictures, what should I do to it?
Will Gaston
Do You Think My College Students Tenants Busted this Floor Joist?
All:My handyman just called me and said that a floor joist was split underneath one of my college student rentals. Five guys live there and had friends over for the Super Bowl on Sunday night. They claim it was only "...
Roy Gutierrez
Flooring
Need to make a few decisions and I still don't have my big boy pants to make them! Bought 2 houses in the city of Oak Park here in Michigan, not a high end area but definitely a nice quiet/affordable city with very...
John Gach
Informed tenant of raising rent, they claim they can’t afford it.
So I bought my dads property, it came with a tenant who has lived there since the day he bought it 30 years ago. He never raised rent, it’s at $400/month. The unit isn’t very nice, she’s a smoker and there’s nicotin...
Diana Dorantes
WHO IS BUYING vs WHO IS WAITING FOR THE SALE TO BEGIN?
Hello Bigger Pockets! I know the market has been pretty hot overall this past year. With that said, wanting to know if there are areas within the US where investors are still buying, cautiously buying or waiting for ...
Ben Leybovich
Flooded Basement - Welcome to the Life of a PIG - DON'T BUY PIGS in OHIO
So, in Ohio we are experiencing torrential rains - in 12 years I've lived in Lima, I've never seen rains like this...specifically in June!This pig is currently empty. There was a family of 3 in the house at a rent of ...
Harry Arnold
Is it just me, or has BP changed over the past few years?
It seems to me that BP has changed. I can’t put my finger on exactly when - but, I think it started about 3-5 years ago. Up until then, BP was filled with good stuff, real value, from real REI at all levels. The conte...
Hannah Paitchel
New Investor Trying to Find a Market
Hi Everyone!
I'm new to Bigger Pockets and have spent the last 6 months listening to the podcast, reading investing books and talking to friends who are all interested in the same stuff. I now am at the perfect tim...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Jonathan Bowen
I hate "house hacking".
I hate everything about the phrase "house hacking". EVERYTHING! The term "house hacking', in my opinion, is derived from the internet culture of hackers; hackers hack websites in order to gain unfair advantages. The s...