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Renting to college kids with limited income
I am looking at buying my first rental, my girlfriend and I plan to house hack a modular 4-plex we put on some land near a college town. I have most the details figured out but a thought I had was most college kids do...
James Lanier
Raising Rent on Pre-existing Tenants
Hello everyone, I am closing on a three family unit next week. The first floor is 3 bedrooms with washer and dryer in the unit (1,000 rent). The second floor is 3 bedrooms slightly smaller without washer and dryer (85...
Raymond Hooks
Retail Investment - Dollar Stores
All,I'm considering a commercial retail real estate investment. As you're aware, many sectors of retail is struggling (i.e. Macy's, Dillards, JcPenny's Sears, Neiman Marcus, etc.). However, I feel that Dollar Stores a...
Rage Ali
HELP! Garage door repair.
Hello, I have a dilemma. My wife hit one end of our garage door before the garage opened fully. Garage door wouldn’t go down as it appears the hinges are getting caught on the rails. Contacted the landlord and they’ve...
Alex Gaw
Willpower
This post is way longer than I expected it to be when I started writing it. Sorry about that.When I started coming to this site, reading articles and listening to the podcast, I was not in a position to take big actio...
Bill Bouillon
Tax Deductions for Non-Professional
Hello BiggerPockets!I've been consuming as much content from BiggerPockets the past 6+ months to plan for an earlier retirement than I initially thought possible. I plan to ease my way into REI by renting out my curre...
Matt Mahony
How to research real estate markets
I am new to real estate investing, and am looking for advice on how to research the best markets. What information do you look for? And what resources do you use to gather the information? I have decided to target ...
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What the customer wants.. APPRAISERS
I'm about to start a job as a junior appraiser for a CRE firm. Really trying to get a jump on my peers! My question to buyers is what was your experience with CRE appraisers? What things could appraisers do better? Wh...
Jay Hinrichs
3X income for for C D class rentals is it out of date?
with this incredible inflation and gas price hikes.. Anyone worried that 3X rent for your C and D class tenants that are basically pay check to pay check are going to be able to pay rentand still buy gas and grocerie...
Caroline Davis
Rebound in Huntsville
I wanted to share this article because it was interesting, informative, and encouraging enough to share with my fellow Bigger Pockets members. This article reflects the rebound and upward momentum in the real estate m...