Andrew McCartin
Asking Agent to Send Preperties from MLS?
My goal is to get my first deal (to househack) this year, but if I'm being honest with myself, I know that it won't be before the spring as Q1 at my day job is insanely busy. That said, my shorter term goal is to anal...
Yu Chen
tenant paying 1 year rent in full, good or bad?
Hey everyone,I just recently bought a rehabbed property in KS, MO. my PM just informed me that someone is interested in renting the property. This individual just hit a jackpot and wants to pay the one year rent upfro...
Renata Johnson
First time Flop. Very Discouraged
I'm a 32 year LPN that is just getting into real estate. Before joining Bigger Pockets, I signed a rent to own contract on what I thought I would be a great investment. We are living in it as we rehab. The landlord c...
Landon Elscott
I lost $22,000 selling a sports car, but improved my net worth $27,500 - my first deal!
After writing this, I now realize it's pretty long, so I put the main focus and details of the deal in bold and the rest of the fluff in italics.Prior to successfully completing my first real estate deal, one of the t...
Olivia Umoren
Student Loans & Mortgage Approval—DTI Issues
Hi Everyone,
My name is Olivia, I’m a 24 year old college grad (Penn State ‘16) and like most of my classmates I have student loans ($45,000). I am trying to prepare myself to purchase a property for househacking in ...
Peter Tverdov
What do syndicators plan to do with rising rates?
Just curious what some of you syndicators plan to do where you have been buying 3, 4, 5 cap "value add" deals. If rates move against you, what is the plan? I have no dog in the fight but aside from the 100% bonus dep...
Theo Carrazco
Eviction versus Foreclosure, which is worse?
Friends, I came across an ad, on Craigslist that made me think. The ad was of a modern home in a decent area. Of course, the rent was inflated but not by much. The ad listed renter qualifications, and explicitly said...
Bob Woelfel
Evicting a tenant who hasn't violated the lease
Thanks in advance for any advice. There isn't enough room to go through all of the issues here, but I'm looking for advice on how to get rid of a tenant who has not violated her lease. She has lived in one of our un...
Shonda Williams
Starting a eviction...
Hello everyone!The lease says rent is due on the 1st and late after that, there is a grace period of 5 days before we add on $50 late fee.I have a tenant who moved into the rental in November. Since then she has been ...
Patrick Jacques
How much is TOO much social media?
As a realtor, being visible on social media is pretty important. Or so I read. Seeing as 90% of society has a smart phone glued to their face a majority of the day.But what have you found to be sensible amount of so...