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Im a newbie in the investment world and currently living in california, which is way to pricey to buy in. I want to invest in out of state and was looking at different cities. Indianpolis and Kansas city came to mind....
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I came across this article this morning in the Wall Street Journal. Hopefully, everyone can get to it without hitting the paywall. https://www.wsj.com/articles/t...Just in case you do hit the paywall, I will do a quic...
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Hi Everyone,I am feeling pretty discouraged and wanted to vent and see if anyone could offer me some advice- please!!
About me: I am a newbie buy and hold investor in Northern Virginia, long time lurker, and recent p...
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Just out of curiosity, have you ever been guilty of PWI (Posting While Intoxicated) in the BiggerPockets forums? Bonus points for PWH stories.
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She has been there a year and a half and on multiple occasions has been demanding and rude to me. She’s also a former lawyer for the FBI. She is very demanding, and kind of high-maintenance. But she always pays her re...
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I would like to start by saying that this is my first post to the Bigger Pockets community and I am very excited to be a part of it. With that being said, I am reaching out to you guys for guidance regarding my situat...
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Hello. This is probably not as much of a success story as I often see here but... To me, this is big. We bough the property at the end of 2015. All cash. $54k with closing costs. Owner occupied. We renovated it big ti...
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What's up BP community. I just bought a property that literally 2 days after we closed on it the tenants informed us that the city had cited the owner for lead based paint, and that it had to be remediated. The owne...
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Well, its a done deal. Oregon just sent an ominous message to real estate investors. We are now the first state to incorporate mandatory statewide rent control with relocation fee's.What do you think this will do to t...