Allyson Straka
Making offers to Direct Mail responders
Hello BP,We have successfully sent out a small batch of mailers directed to absentee multi-family owners who have had the property for 10 years or longer and were interested in selling. So far, I have received 3 calls...
Joey Llamas
How to determine a criteria for a House Hack
Hey BP!I was studying Real-estate and a question came to my mind. When determining if a potential house will be great for house hacking what is the criteria to look for? Should i be using Cap rates, COC return, or whi...
Arturo Colmenero
Indianapolis areas to avoid
I've recently purchased a few properties in Indianapolis and have been getting a number of properties sent to me. I'm looking to get feedback on areas (zip codes/parts) of town to avoid. Any feedback that you are a...
Nathan Gesner
One man's trash is my treasure!
I bought my very first hoarder house. It's a single-family in a "B" neighborhood that was occupied by hoarders. Let the tale begin!This is a single-family with 856 square feet on the main floor and a full basement tha...
Jason Riddle
Renovating a Property
Against everyone's advice, I decided to do some renovations in San Antonio while living out-of-state in San Francisco. Now that I have some battle scars from this good learning experience, I have some questions
1) As...
Matthew Brown
Hello from San Diego
Hey Everyone,I'd like to FINALLY introduce myself to the BiggerPockets community. I have been a member for the past few months, spending a good amount of time reading the blogs and forum posts, as well as listening to...
Ashley E.
Purchasing rentals out of state-- pros/cons
Hello and good morning everyone! I was wondering if you pros have any tips or experiences to share about purchasing property out of state for rentals. What are the pros/cons... Stories (good, bad, and ugly)... And wo...
Jayson Lesyk
A seller just told me to #&@% myself.... and it made me SMILE!!!
Actually he just told me in short terse word thats I should "just get some money and just buy his house and then I can do what I want with it." (Or for those that cant take a hint) "stop calling and trying to work me ...
Garrett Pfau
22yo New Investor looking to start in Boston area
Hello BiggerPockets,I recently moved from my hometown of Kansas City to Boston to pursue a consulting career post-undergrad. As I began evaluating housing options for when my lease ends in August, I slowly fell into a...
Ben Haridim
Flipping in L.A. at 19 years old with no money......
I’m 19 years old and looking into house flipping. The problem is, I have no money myself, I have no connections to people that would lend me money, and I live in an extremely expensive and competitive area (west Los A...