I know it isn't a popular option on here, but I just bought my first rental. We shall see how it goes. Actually, not even a mobile home. It's a travel trailer. Will be renting for $650 a month less $260 lot rent.
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Thought I had the perfect tenant. Did a background check, got copies of his pay stub, call HR and checked on his employment, I even called his HR Dept and verified all his info before he even gave my the persons name ...
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Hello and thanks for reading this. I'm a complete noob to increasing and am still currently in initial learning phase while saving up my capital for my first investment property (I will have met that savings goal on ...
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I am new to investing and I am following Brandon's rental cash flow calculator tutorial from bigger pockets.I've analyzed a property but found it to have a negative cash flow. I remember Brandon saying to play with th...
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Hello!I am looking to purchase my first OOS investment prop within the next 2-6 months. What are some of the biggest lessons you learned along the way? What do you wish you knew when you started?
A big question I hav...
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Right now the median price of new construction homes is as close as I have ever seen it to the median price of existing inventory. I started working in the trades when I was only eleven so I wasn't ever scared off by ...
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We are from California and looking for investing in STR for tax purposes and good cash flow. California is an expensive market. We are looking for homes priced around 500k (including renovations) and revenue 50-60k pe...
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I have a SFH in Portland Oregon, that I once lived in and has been now rented for 8 going on 9 years. It is a small 3bd 1bth 960sqft. My PITI is 1169 and my rent is 1380 (just raised it this year was 1270 prior) and...
Hi BP experts,I'm looking to house hack in the greater Boston area by buying a 2-family property, using one unit as a primary residence and another unit for rental. I saw a good candidate but the problem is there're a...
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I am doing my first true house flip (have remodeled plenty of houses for rental) and am trying to figure out a contract to use with a new general contractor whom I have not worked with previously. After hearing about...