Rumen Mladenov
Keep on fighting or give up?
I am dealing with former low-income tenants who have a free lawyer. He was able to get the eviction dismissed because the pay or quit notices were sent to the tenants in one envelope, rather than separate envelopes ad...
Eric DeVito
How to avoid Capital gains tax?
Hello all, basically I am putting my primary home on the market after I recently got it appraised and I am looking at getting a large profit. I currently have lived in this home for about 14 months and I used a VA Loa...
Kimberly Carver
HVAC disaster - advice needed!
Hi all -We have been landlords for 5 years with very few issues. Everything that has come up we have been able to fix within a day. We take great pride in our homes. I am sick to my stomach with an issue we have been ...
Laura C.
Rental Property Analysis--Is this right?
I just completed a "Four square rental property analysis" for a fourplex in my area, and according to my calculations it has a negative cash flow. Am I missing something, or is this property just that "bad" of a deal?...
Drew C Grossman
Strategies with high interest rates
I’m curious to hear what everyone is doing to navigate this market with high interest ratesInvestors, agents, buyers/sellers and lenders what are you doing to close deals? Are you having to get creative? The Fed is pl...
Glenn McCrorey
I quit my job today
BP brothers and sisters, I quit the last job I will ever have today to focus on RE investing. In 2003, while working in corporate America someone suggested Rich Dad Poor Dad to me. Eleven years and 28 properties lat...
Michelle Eisenberg
New member from California--Want to Invest in St. Louis, Missouri
My name is Michelle. I'm new on Bigger Pockets and to the world of real estate investing, but I am eager to learn and get started. I have been reading as many books on real estate investing as I can find in the librar...
Joe Ruggiero
An agent that gets it...
So I thought I had it figured out with an agent, but so far I've had two that just don't seem to get it. I don't know if both of them just have had more familiarity with the slow and steady type of buyer waiting for t...
Chris Utter
I have a problem I need advise on
Looking at this now, I should have posted this a while ago... Two months ago a situation came up for one of my rentals. Two of my tenants were arrested, sent to jail, and will not be returning anytime soon. The one te...
Chris V.
Deal Analyses - Estimating Costs
Deal Analyses – Estimating CostsA while ago I wrote a series of posts ranting about the current state of the residential income property market in Stockton, CA. In each post I highlighted a current listing and argued ...