Amy Mitchell
Indianapolis vs Cincinnati vs Cleveland - First time investor
Hi Guys,I'm a new/first-time investor looking to get my first investment property, but I'm having a difficult time deciding between 3 markets. I'm considering Indianapolis (near fountain square), Cincinnati, or Clevel...
Eric Bousquet
My first hoarder house deal!
Hello Everyone, My name is Eric, I'm a General Contractor and REI from the Western MA/Springfield, MA area. I'm about to put an offer in on my next property and I was hoping to run the details by everyone and see...
Loren Thomas
Painted Countertops - Success!
The wife and I recently painted our kitchen countertops. We both think it came out great, at the very least much much better than the laminate look we had before. Painting the countertops could be a very economical wa...
Samantha M.
Zillow Trulia Merger is Apparently Happening - Agents to Become Irrelevant
Zillow and Trulia look like they will likely be merging as shown in this article on CNN:http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/25/real_estate/zillow-trulia/. My question to all the agents and brokers here is, do you think event...
Jonathan Dempsey
Tell your househack success story
For those of you house hackers out there, could you provide the numbers to your deals? What makes a house hack successful in your opinion?What are reasonable expectations of a househack? I have done a house hack t...
Jacob Bindler
Question to all your real estate agents out there
I am planning to sell FSBO and have an agent who for a small fee will take me through the process by advising me on what to do and how to go about it. He will not represent me in any negotiations, put his name anywher...
Anna Milligan
First time landlords: Getting a tenant
The fact that we are novice in this business will shine through in this post. We purchased our first investment property as a foreclosure on 9/2/16. The idea was a BRRR approach. On top of the $65k price tag, we put...
Greg B.
Landlords - Are You Prepared for Massive Vacancy?
I have been doing this LL thing for 6 years now. My average annual vacancy rate for my business is around 7%. That is taking all the occupied weeks and dividing by all of the available weeks (X100).
I usually have ...
Gautam S.
Sewer Line Tree Root clogging the pipes Issue
Hello BP Nation:I have a clogged sewer line issue in a rental property as there are roots growing in the pipes. There is big tree near by in the front yard!! ( I hate trees :( )!!The plumber did a rodding job and foun...
Tim Palacio
Noobie form California
Hello everyone, My name is Tim 31, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. I joined BP for knowledge on investment properties and also the do's/don'ts. I have been actively looking for investment properties in...