Henry Lazerow
The new NAR rules have actually made buyer agent commissions go up not down
Here in Chicago commission have typically been between 2 and 2.5 percent of gross sale price but now with the new rules I have not met any agents willing to take less then 2.5% so what has happened is the listings tha...
Cory T.
Evicting renter from a vacation rental property
Hello All,I have a one-bedroom vacation rental condo in Palm Springs that has been listed on AirBnB for about a year now. I have my first stressful problem: a vacation renter with a 44 day reservation who will NOT lea...
Rich Weese
estate planning for well to do or wannabe well to dos!
I was asked deep in a buried thread to answer a couple questions about my reply in a recent post. here is the start.
I post a lot about parallel programs. There is a reason I do that. It is the best of both worlds...
Rhondalette W.
Eviction on record from 7 years ago (2008) do you rent to them?
Trying to find our first tenants. We have found a couple that we like, however the husband has an eviction from an apartment in 2008. I have heard some say that if a person has ANY evictions they would not rent to the...
Matthew Irish-Jones
Cash is NOT King... in Real Estate Investing
I have two major issues with Bigger Pockets. Before I get to the issues I want to point out Bigger Pockets is a great website for networking, free information, investing strategies and many other things. Overall I t...
Gareth Fisher
What you wont hear any investor tell you
I have been involved with flipping properties since early 2000s. First subbing out as a carpenter for several local investors and builders. When the market dropped out in 2008. Everyone I knew including myself we...
Sadrud-Din Williams
Why Do 97% Of Real Estate Investors FAIL?
There's a lot of REAL Estate educational platforms out there promising to show you how to invest in real estate or flip houses, so why is it out of the hundreds of people that sign up for these seminars, these educati...
Jim K.
For newbies and the BIG MEANIE INVESTORS in the BiggerPockets forums
We get a lot of this, and sometimes, it really does baffle me. As my profile says, I'm an affordable-housing handyman landlord running a small outfit out here in Pittsburgh and doing what I do is NOT EASY. It's signif...
Chris Gawlik
The US Economy Will Recover Quickly ??? Think Again !!!
I keep hearing many investors speak of the housing market and stock market as if we are in a normal situation. Everything is great and the stimulus has solved all of the problems that a global pandemic has created. Ta...
Dan Mahoney
How to buy a tax deed at the Fulton County Tax Sale, Atlanta, GA
I thought I would share my experience of how to buy tax deeds on the steps of the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia. This is a long post because it is actually a complicated process. Please note that thes...