Kundan Chand
renter complaining about cleanliness
Hi
I am 1st time landlord and chose to manage my home personally. We had signed a lease agreement with our renter which included deep cleaning of the home before they moved in. However the cleaner I hired did not do...
Shamim Toufighian
Physical book vs ebook
I'm beginning to educate myself on REI and have gathered a list to start reading via recommendations from the BP community and the podcast, and I'm curious to hear what everyone prefers when it comes to collecting the...
Christopher Lessing
Hiring a Home Inspector for Investment Properties
Hey Guys and Gals,I just wanted to start a poll of sorts. I am interested in how many of you hire an inspector to check out investment properties before you buy? For fix-and-flip, do most folks just ask their general ...
Ross Z.
Looking to get into multi-family rentals
Hey Bigger Pockets community. I'm a Marine Corps veteran from Washington state moving to Austin, Texas in a couple weeks. I'll be renting initially but looking to purchase a multi-family home within a few months. I'd ...
Nathan Gesner
Need help starting a local REI group
I'm a REALTOR, manage 300 rentals, and own 14 units. I'm very busy but would like to start a local REI group in Park County, Wyoming (pop. 25,000). We've never had an REI group and the nearest one is in another state,...
Joseph Kingma
House Hacking in West Palm Beach, FL
Hi,My wife and I are moving (to West Palm Beach, FL) and want to buy our first multi-family home and live in one of the unit. I have a question regarding analyzing deals and would greatly appreciate some advice from t...
Kevin Lochen
New member just starting out (Chicago)
Hey hey, I'm Kevin from Chicago! I guess I've always wanted to get into real estate, my mother worked for a Broker here for many years and I would always get great advice from him, or books to check out! My dad was a...
Kevin B.
No remodeling/updating projects worth it?
Wanted to throw this information out there and understand it further:http://www.remodeling.hw.net/cost-vs-value/2016/There's a number of articles on the web citing the above reference (saying do the top 4 in your area...
JT Marlin
Trust deed investment - when can I claim a loss?
I invested in several trust deeds back in the 2005 -2006 time frame. Unfortunately, several of the trust deeds were ultimately foreclosed on. However, there is one trust deed loan that hasn't performed in years, but t...
Toby Russell
Cheap effective lighting
I’m doing my first rehab on a rental and I’m looking to replace the ceiling lights. Does anyone have any suggestions for cheap but effective lighting to put up? All the small globed lights don’t seem to put bunch l...