Clay Ickes
"Millennials Should Be Happy They Are Stuck Renting"
My dad sent me this article today: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-04/millennials-should-be-happy-they-are-stuck-rentingWhich one of you wrote this?!
Engelo Rumora
WTF is wrong with investors these days?
So I get investors reaching out to me everyday and it goes like this:"Hi, I know you offer turnkey properties and property management and am interested in the Toledo market, I don't want to buy turnkey but was hoping ...
Alex Varner
Contractor requesting 50% Upfront
Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...
Brian Gibbons
Getting Busted in Ohio for Wholesaling and Praticing RE without a License
Read Ch 4735Get a lawyerGet licensed and do wholesaling in OH02 July 2014http://www.com.ohio.gov/documents/Fall10REdiscipline.pdfLYNETTE S. MALY, Twinsburg, Ohio, was found by the Commission to have violated RevisedCo...
Matthew Mucker
Where does the 50% rule come from?
I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...
Brian Adams
I quit my CPA Job to buy Large Apartment Buildings
I have always been fascinated with real estate.I started in 2000 investing in a couple rental houses.My "AHA" moment came in 2008 to move away from the single rentals and graduate up to large apartment complexes.My ba...
Melanie Stephens
Seeking Biggest Mistakes and Lessons Learned Stories (Again!)
Hello BP Members! I write a regular column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine on people's "Biggest Mistakes" in real estate. Do you have a "mistake" story and lessons you learned from it? I'd love to hear it! (Thanks t...
Peter Lambert
Real Estate Note - Borrower constantly late, ideas?
Hi everyone - first post here after visiting and reading the forum for several years. Looking for advice on a deal I'm already in on. I'll try to be as concise as possible.
Loan is in the State of Texas. 1...
Sam B.
$200k in six months - long distance RE challenge
I day traded currency futures in a past life and always kept an online journal to keep me accountable, share what I was doing with the community and have a little bit of fun. Even 10+ years later, I enjoy reading bac...
Jason Hartman
Have you had any experience with National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG)/Affinity Group Management?
We like the idea that this company caters/markets to investors; however, they denied one of our client's seemingly legit claims and it seems they trying to deny another one on a technicality. The second claim remai...