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Recently passed on a home that needed only light "ginger breading", along with a new A/C unit to bring it to market. While this sounds great at 1st, and might be just the thing for turning a home into a rental, my fea...
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Sorry for bringing up this topic again. After going through multiple post on this topic, If I summarize, some people are saying that it is necessary to have it under LLC and some don’t. I understand that everyone's sc...
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Just wondering if anyone here has been able to correctly predict cities that were on the rise and what signs within the cities signify that it is on the up swing?
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Is this normal, and how do I keep this growth? My Dad and Grandfather were both landlords (Dad had about 100 units). I've been chasing all the expired listings, but some days there are not any in my area. The 2 commer...
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With recession looming (I believe we’re in it already - early phase), what are some of your strategies to combat high interest rates when it comes to borrowing from the bank? I’d love to hear directly from mortgage br...
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A little over 3 years ago, we initiated a system on the site called 'influence'. This
Influence System was designed to reward those users who engage and give back to BiggerPockets.
At first, the system was lauded al...
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I'm in a situation that won't allow me to get conventional financing for 2.5 years. What would you do to fund deals? I have some ideas, private short term mortgage is the only option that seems feasible, I am still pu...
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to me criteria for ranking rental investments opportunities between different areas can be understood by looking into the components of the net rental yield:rental gross incomevacancy rateexpenses, local and state tax...
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This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.
When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...
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Ok guy here is my situationDebt home 74k - Monthly $600school 21k - Monthly $164credit card 3k - will be paid off ,in next month in a half Trash, gas, electric, phone, internet - 350 monthlyI bring home $500 a we...