Basanta Khanal
Should I build a prefab house for passive house?
Hi, I am new to the biggerpockets and excited to be here.
Seattle is a expensive place to own a nice real estate for me. However, I have been attracted to the idea to building a large size pre-fab home so that I can ...
Vasilii Baban
Starting with a duplex
I am planning to start,and as i have learned from many investors it seems to be better buying a duplex and live in one of the units,but with the rates that i can get approved and the prices in my market doesn’t seem t...
Rafael Ro
Big Bear City/Lake STR Thoughts?
Hello all,I am very strongly considering a buying a house in Big Bear to use as a STR for part of the year and for some personal use too. I've been hearing that the market is getting (or already is) saturated, the pri...
Kenneth LaVoie
DST as possible holding place for gains
WE're about to sell 1.4M in RE consisting of our 4 buildings totaling 22 units. Scary! They're our "final four" and paid off, giving us 6 figures in cash flow but we're 56 and want to move onto next stage. Turning the...
Amos M.
San Jose Rent Control
All wanted to share with you an ongoing heated dsicussions between City of San Jose, Landlords and tenants about rent control. Share your thoughts here and with the city... Summary of proposal: http://www2.caanet.org...
Julie Marquez
Would you purchase a house where a murder occurred?
Before my life of BP, I found a great deal through the MLS on a house in an older A/B+ neighborhood. It was vacant, so we wander the property for a long while checking it out. I then went home and checked country reco...
Mark Hu
How do they screen illegal immigrant tenants?
I have been looking at properties in a largely hispanic apartment area. I'm curious how would the landlords here screen their tenants? Since most of the tenants here are illegal immigrants they probably have no credit...
Gary Alford
Do you prefer to buy Turn key properties or distressed and do everything yourself?
Hey BP, I was just curious what was everyone take on buying rental properties. Do you or would you buy turn-key properties? Why or why not? What do you consider turn key (i.e. already renovated and rented or just reno...
Sharon Tzib
What Kind of Property Should a Turnkey Investor Be Offering?
In another thread about a turnkey investment, I was encouraged to post this question to get feedback from other investors:
Do you think a turnkey company should be offering D Class properties to their clien...
Dean H.
Just back from Memphis
I visited Memphis last week ( 2/7 - 2/10 ) and was blessed to have wonderful weather to tour a wonderful city. My goal was to meet and greet as many of the people that have helped me assemble my portfolio of propertie...