Kenneth LaVoie
Annual urge to buy a Florida Condo ...
Hi All,About once a year or so, my wife and I start fantasizing about buying a condo near the ocean in Florida. She spent most of her adult life in Hudson (near Tampa), and my Dad used to own Captain Tony’s, and owned...
J. Martin
Deal/Success Story in Process: Cash Flow in the SF Bay Area
Just under a month ago, I closed on a 4plex in (East) Oakland, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a HomePath property that had been on the market for just over 6 months, and was able to squeeze in with a convent...
Daniel Pessin
Landlords - how do you receive automated rent payments?
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had an automatic payment system setup with their tenants to receive monthly rent payments automatically. This way you don’t have to physically pick up rent or wait for them to m...
Steve Sdre
getting out of lease problem
This is the problem. I rented an apt, signed a one year lease. Due to death in family had to leave after 5 months. Offered the landlord to pay an extra 2 month rent to let me out of lease, they refused. They said only...
Tom Bud
Tax Help on Fix and Flips
Hey everyone, Wanted to hear the communities response to this;Brand new r/e investor, going to do a fix and flip. Does anybody have any interesting tax strategies in respect to this whole process? (buying, selling and...
Marc Allen
Illinois Property Taxes
Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...
Jose Alvarado
Interested in moving from San Francisco to Oakland
Hey Everyone!I'm Jose Alvarado, I live in San Francisco, and I'm a new member to BiggerPockets. I've been listening to the podcasts for a while now and I'm finally ready to take action. I just purchased the Pro Member...
Levi Painter
How Do I Market To College Students?
Hey everyone,I am looking at buying a rental unit in Michigan in a college town. If I do end up purchasing this property, what is the best way to market this rental property to college students? Also, how much do coll...
Kirsten Ostby
Landlords: do you represent yourself as the Owner or Prop Manager
I know this is an old topic, but I would like to revisit it as I'm now listing two rental homes that I own and manage myself. So this question is for landlords who also manage their own property(ies). Do you prefer to...
Celli Mowery
Who has interest in Kentucky?
As a BP binge listener, investor and agent, I'm curious why smaller areas of Kentucky are not receiving focus with their low land costs, & lower entry points? Ohio & Michigan were recently highlighted in the r...