Nathan Gesner
Cheaters will never win!
Left beautiful Wyoming and headed to California to see some family for Christmas. Reserved an AirBnB about 60 days in advance. It had around six 5-star reviews.
Host wasn't responding to calls when we got to town. It...
Logan Loughmiller
Post inspection cold feet on investment property in Portland, OR
Would greatly appreciate input as this is my first investment property and my nest eggs going into it.
Stats on the place: 2/1 with a completely detached 1/1+office, back lot ADU and detached garage. Main house is 1...
Jim Brozny
Should the contractor get the entire payout?
I filed a claim with my insurance company for wind damage to the siding on one of my properties. At the last minute, I called a contractor to meet the adjustor at the property so they could inspect it together. The ...
Brian V.
Is it an insult to make an offer based on the income?
Hi, there is a 4-plex I'd like to buy. However the asking price is a rich $920,000. I figured out based on NOI, that if I put 3.5% down as an owner occupied FHA loan, that all I can afford to offer is $500,000. He pos...
Michael Kugler
Observations from someone successful in the nightly rental game
I have been around Bigger Pockets now for about a year and have been involved in the nightly rental business for 14 years. Here on Bigger Pockets I read posts from many people who are concerned about getting into the ...
Jim Truman
What's the worst that can happen? Buy and hold small condo(s).
Good evening BP. My wife and I are very carefully and cautiously considering purchasing a rental unit. We've been very diligent about saving up for retirement and now that we have a good amount of cash on hand, I'm ex...
Brian Gibbons
Tips from Brian Gibbons re: Creative Financing
It is the spring and I thought I would give a primer on "creative financing" for the BP community.I will break it up into Beginner and Advanced.I will talk about well known and not so well known strategies.Beginner st...
Andrzej Lipski
Rent control in Connecticut is coming for your property.
....unless you do something about it.
The Connecticut Housing Committee last week just pushed through dozens of "concepts" not even bill proposals. Just concepts which are proposed bills that only had vague titles. ...
Lori N.
Landlord right to enter
I have a townhouse I am renting. I gave my tenant almost a week’s notice to have someone come in and check the HVAC for maintainence for the upcoming winter season. This tenant is very hard to accommodate because of...
Marlon Thomas
How can I become a real estate developer
hello BP users,I have been fascinated by real estate development for years now since i was a little kid, and i have decided that this is the career path i want to take.So what is the best way to become a developer?1. ...