My name is Justin Davies, and while not new to Bigger Pockets, this is my first post.I just closed on my first official deal in Asheville, NC. I have flipped a couple of houses with my father in law in VA, as well as...

Good Afternoon! This is officially my first post in the Bigger Pockets Forum.  I am looking forward to learning from the site and forums here! I am very new to real estate investing.  I came from your typical middle-c...

Good evening everyone, my name is Trish and I hope you all are doing well in your current endeavors. I've been a member on the site for a few months but I have been a bit of a wallflower; spending most of my time here...

I went to the Smokies last week to check on a few properties, meet with my management team, and do some fly fishing.  Here are my observations:
Gatlinburg was still relatively busy, but not like a typical summer.  Se...

One thing I need to be conscious about is not being my team members control on how they do their work. I am really making a conscious effort to avoid giving my team instructions. The reason for this is when you give i...

Hello Everyone.  My name is Mike and like many others here I am relatively new to the site and to REI, but I have been taking advantage of all that is available here to learn from including blogs, podcasts and the for...

I'm not familiar with Texas weather, but would the risk of hurricanes, storms, tornadoes, and humid weather potentially lead to more CAPEX (overutilization of HVAC), flooding, roof repairs, etc?Is that why insurance i...

So here's the scenario. A friend recently went to inquire about job opportunity w/ a consulting company that is working for her current company. The consulting company is outsourced to do similar work as employees o...

In need of some help everyone, Here's the situation I have. I'm trying to get conventional financing for a SFR. The loan officer says everything checks out and is ready to write me the approval except my DTI is artifi...

There's going to be 5000 contractors coming through my town in the next 10 months.  I've never done a rental application before, but I think it might be a good time to start.  Before I give anyone an application, they...