Joey Copper
Why Self Managing Investment Properties is CRAZY
One funny thing about people is that while we are almost always well intentioned, we seem to do a lot of things that are just plain crazy. I, for example, still prefer to eat my oranges by dissecting each into their i...
James Carollo
Is it harder to find contractors? Skilled trade shortage?
As an owner of a general contracting business, I get to experience the growing shortage of trained workers on the front lines. Things have been changing. So many retiring and so little learning these trades. As a stud...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Andrew Fidler
Toledo Lead Ordinance Update
Alright we have had a significant update on the Toledo Lead Paint Ordinance and wanted to post the details for those of us who own property in Toledo (or Ohio, we have several municipalities such as Cleveland, Columbu...
Derrick E.
$7,000 purchase, now the rehab
Some of you may have read my post and/or watched the video of my $11,000 house. That is all in after all rehabbing. Currently rented out for $500/month. Could have easily gotten $550/month.Well we are now rehabbing an...
Jennifer Cheu
Too ambitious to do bathroom repair myself??
Hi all, Bought my first owner occupy multi family, and decided to live in the most runned-down unit to do some repairs. I'm a mechanical engineer by trade, but have little to no real estate repair experience. I enjo...
Christopher Davis
How typical are non-paying tenants in lower economic areas?
The more I read and learn about investing, according to the bigger pockets strategies, the more questions I have.Wouldn’t renting in a low economic area, where homes are selling for under $100k, wouldn’t that also inv...
Richard Warren
Fed reduces 2009 outlook
Federal Reserve reduced its economic outlook for 2009.
The central bank said it expects some business conditions to improve in coming months, but it also lowered its assessment of the economy for the full year and sa...
Scott Le
Bad Idea to Flip First House Entirely from My Savings?
I'm in a situation where there is very little banks will give me for leveraging rental homes despite having a good amount of assets and excellent credit because I haven't had any income in 4 years (long story short: I...
David B.
Contractor suddenly over budget by 40%
Hi everyone I’m in the middle of my first flip. I locked up a single family home (roughly 2600 sq feet) with 5 beds and 3 baths for $454,000.The ARV for the area tells us we can probably sell the house for 685-700k on...