Edward Parker Parker
Honest Question about alternative strategies
So with Interests rates this high, Housing prices still high (but cooling off), property taxes increasing to catch up with the sudden spike in values; it appears really difficult to get into new a profitable rental pr...
Antonio McGuire
My First Rental.... should i rent to felons
Hi, I am renting out my first house and trying to get someone in there in the next few weeks. I have a couple that are really interested, but the male has a felony (schedule II PITS) female has shopped lifted in pas...
Bob Romano
Deposit on a cash offer?
I am about to make a cash offer for a SFH, my realtor insist that I still have to put at least 10% down ( he wants 20%) I said " why do i have to put anything down when we will be closing in 10 days on an all cash dea...
Account Closed
Anyone Investing Based on Climate Change?
Is anyone making investment decisions based on climate change? I spoke with an environmental scientist and she had many recommendations with real estate investing due to climate change effects. Would love to hear your...
Mark Key
Alt-A Problem is bigger than sub-prime
There are 500k sub-prime loans out there right now 41% of them are in default with late payments not to mention all the forclosures,and there are 700k Alt-A laons 54% of all of them were cash out refi the biggest co...
Al Williamson
If Steve Jobs was a Landlord - iHousing
PDAs weren't good enough for Mr. Jobs, he had to go create an iPhone (which many of us now can't live without). He was relentless about trying to give the user the best possible experience. I wonder how he would reinv...
Bryan L.
Wholesaling Deal Closing
Hello, I am planning to purchase a few houses in my area by wholesaling them myself, rehab (with contractors) and then renting them out (through a property management company). The main reason I am looking at wholesa...
Ari Newman
The (proposed) Death of your SDIRA
For those of you who haven't already heard the news, there is SDIRA-Killing Legislation in the House Tax Bill. Tax Attorney/Investor John Hyre, has put together a website that describes the impact of this bill on all ...
Karen F.
Hold or sell my rental?
Hi!
I invest in a pretty low appreciation/stable market (Pittsburgh), but my preferred investment neighborhood is doing quite well for the past few years (say avg. appreciation about 5%.) My strategy is buy l...
Jeannette Tang
House hacking in Plano/Frisco TX
Hello! I'm pretty new to both real estate investing and BiggerPockets, so please forgive me if this has been asked before.I recently read The House Hacking Strategy by Craig Curelop and believe that this may be a grea...