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Hi everyone,
I wanted to share my experience with Rent to Retirement (RTR) and ask for advice on what I should do next. I hope my story helps others avoid the headaches I've encountered.
I was referred to RTR back i...
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Hello BiggerPockets, I'm going to start a thread that details my investment journey with Doorvest (https://doorvest.com) . Doorvest claims that they help identify, purchase, and own rental homes for a littles as 35K a...
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Debating the pros and cons for hiring a property manager for a first investment.What are your thoughts ?
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Hello, Im planning ahead and wondering how some of you have managed the rehab and your contract. Once you have the contractor/GC you are wanting to work with, how do you both set expectations of what will be done and ...
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Hey BP!Just want to toss out a question here about furnishing/staging an Airbnb. I'm researching different options to accomplish this for a couple Airbnb listings I'm looking to potentially post in a couple months.I w...
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Greetings Bigger Pockets! I am working on my first ever rehab project ... all thanks to Bigger Pockets, it's amazing content, books, and all the feedback and input I received from all the members. Never thought I wou...
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So we're a few flips in now and we've only used IKEA cabinets with the soft close hinges. They look good and work well but our contractors hate them due to the assembly time. We're probably getting dinged by the contr...
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I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B. I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...
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Hey all, hoping to get some input about a potential deal I came across.The property is a 6-unit brick building located downtown in my city. The building is entirely vacant and is need of rehab. The company who current...