Wyatt Polk
Pay back Student Loans or Save for First Rental Property ?
Good morning Bigger Pockets Family,So I currently have $55,000 in student loans averaged out at about a 6% interest rate. I have been paying about $1000 a month to try and get this down fast, while still saving any le...
Laura Shinkle
Metro Areas Expected to Outperform National Housing Market
Hi BiggerPockets! I came across this information from the National Association of Realtors that I thought you all would find interesting if nothing else. It's a fairly concise report with lots of data. I'd love to hea...
Daneca Hall
Does daughter (Over 18) of mother need to sign in addition to being on lease?
Last year, I rented to a woman. Her daughter is studying at a college locally and lives on campus except for summer. She and her daughter are wonderful tenants. The woman's new lease is coming up for another year. For...
Sagi Hassin
House hacking / STR around Universal or Disney
Hi all,Does anyone have experience with house splitting/house hacking?My wife and I are thinking about splitting a house, living in half and renting the other half as a STR.We are currently living in South Florida and...
Kimberly Kim
Help me analyze this BRRRR deal!
Good Morning BP Fam!This will be my first BRRRR property, but I was wanting to get some feedback. I met an agent randomly who is also an investor. He showed me a 2 BR 1 BA house in Beacon Hill, San Antonio. PP 196K, s...
Daniel Lee
Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor Hopeful
Hi BP Community,Introducing myself as a "new" member, though more like newly active member to the community. Looking for cash flowing single family homes in the Portland, Beaverton, Newberg, Salem areas of Oregon. Cur...
Beverly Joseph
Cash or Leverage??? Should so use my own money or a Loan broker?
Hi Guys,
I've recently received quite a bit of money from my equity investments but I'm looking to venture out into real estate.
I have no idea where to begin! I've looked up some information on YouTube and I re...
Luke H.
Screening| Applicants with no ID/Social | Disabled | Responsiblit
Hello team,Hope all is well and that everyone had good holidays.I believe that the screening process is the best tool I have for getting quality tenants in my house and avoiding future headaches. I wanted to get some ...
Bryan Hancock
What Do You Consider Highly Leveraged?
People seem to be wary of investors being highly leveraged. This is for good reason and I agree that everything is fine in moderation.
At what point do you consider someone to be highly leveraged? What measurement...
Jason L.
Should management fees be taken from evicted tenant's deposit?
I evicted a tenant back in June through my property manager. The tenant was in default on 2.5 months of rent (about $1700 total), but also left the house with over $3000 in damages. The tenant had a $650 security depo...