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Aaron Akins Giving Personal Loans?
7 April 2023 | 7 replies

Does anyone have experience providing personal loans to individuals with the intent of both helping out an acquaintance and making a return due to charging interest?In 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad', Kiyosaki mentions giving sh...

Westin Hudnall Would You Rent To Them ? Need advice quick !
11 August 2014 | 44 replies

Rental amount $1175/month with $1000 depositClients Financials : Husband - $2500/month before taxWife - $355/month in child support. Stay at home mom (they have 3 kids. Age 2, 6, and 8)They own 2 vehicles (07 Chrysler...

Nick K. Vetted Tenant Has Become A Pain
28 October 2019 | 11 replies

Hopefully, this post can serve as a helpful cautionary tale to anyone considering a tenant who appeared to be OK at the outset, and one the landlord did their due diligence on, but ultimately has become a pain in the ...

Chinmay J. Tenant abandoned my place.
23 December 2016 | 12 replies

Never had this happen to me before. I own a  place in Loudoun County, VA and recently rented it to a young couple. Seemed like a decent couple and passed the background check just fine.  About 10 days after the lease ...

Alicia Marks Options to defer taxes without a 1031
20 March 2022 | 8 replies

I am looking at a house package, but the seller is not planning to 1031. I would like to offer options to defer tax because he's retiring in about 2 years, but getting out from under his loan is his priority to be mor...

Charles Plimpton Leasing SFR to Assisted Living Operators
26 May 2020 | 7 replies

Hello all,
I'm looking to buy SFR's in Southern California and lease them to assisted living operators. I just want to be a landlord--don't want to be a caregiver.
Do these sorts of deals actually happen in practice...

Jacob Gerber Tenants leave windows open all day while gone
21 September 2019 | 5 replies

Hello Bigger Pockets!I have some new younger tenants who have been leaving their windows wide open while they are gone at work all day. They have even done this on a rainy day where it was predicted to rain all day (n...

Dave Versch Cost of rehabbing in NJ
8 January 2009 | 3 replies

Can anyone give me a rule of thumb to estimate what it might cost to do each of the following in a 2 family house (figure 2BR 2Bath in each unit) and in a single family house (figure 3BR/2Bath)? (a) Complete plumbing...

Albert Gutierrez What does everyone think of the current market?
21 May 2020 | 3 replies

Wondering what is everyone's opinion on the current market? It seems that RE prices are the same and nothing has changed

Bob Lowry Using an IRA/401k for investing?
19 January 2015 | 4 replies

It's a new year, and I am interested in using my IRA and 401k funds to make some real estate investments.  Can someone provide input on how to use these funds, tax compliance, vehicles to use, providers to assist in m...