Jacob Stevenson
HOA work around
I know with new laws there's becoming new ways to structure and rent STRs. I'm looking at a property that is in an HOA that does not allow short-term rentals but wondering if there's like structure I can utilize in o...
Rao Mu
Building small retail shopping center on 0.8 acre land
I'm thinking about developing a small strip center in a 0.8 acre land. The land is flat and square and no issues. Need to demolish two houses. Environmental seems clean. Demographics are excellent for central New Jers...
Bryan N.
Leases - Lessons Learned
I was reading some forums and it got me thinking as I am creating my own lease. I've used several local PM companies leases to "learn" from. What have people added to leases after learning from the school of hard kn...
Gregory Montalto
You have the keys. What do you do first w/ rehab property??
Situation - You've just closed on a new property. It needs significant repair / renovation work. Your goal is to fix it up and have it rented or on the market as soon as possible.
What is the very first thin...
Gavin Grady
Investment strategies in current Minneapolis market
Hello All,I’ve always been extremely interested and drawn to REI and during my journey to increase my knowledge I found BP. I have spent the last few months trying to learn as much as I can through books, podcasts, fo...
Dave Olverson
Durham Neighborhoods
Recently, I have been doing some research on the neighborhoods of Durham. As someone who doesn't (yet) live in Durham, I wanted to share my thoughts on the different neighborhoods and let people:a) tear apart my thoug...
Elena Koyun
Negotiating price down after inspection
Hello,We are buying our first duplex. After the inspection about to ask for a price reduction. Since this is our first time I was wondering on opinions of others on how much to ask and how to include the cost of labor...
Allende Hernandez
Rule of thumb to calculate how much profit you want to make?
Hi guys,Do you fix&flippers have any rule of thumbs when calculating how much profit is the minimum you'll take in a project?What parameters you look and how you calculate them?Thank you all in advance!
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets Saw RECORD Growth in January 2013
Hey Everyone -
I wanted to report in with some incredible news. January was our best month on BiggerPockets and we ended up just shy of a monster milestone: 500,000 unique visitors for the month.
That's right -- we...
Pete Tarin
Class A, B, C or D neighborhood
When researching rental properties for potential investment. How does one determine the class? Is there an option on Zillow or Realtor?