Josh McCullough
Collecting late fees
What a pain! Nobody wants to pay them, but pretty much everyone has at some point in their life. How do y'all get tenants to pay their late fee? Is it worth eviction or foreclosure?
Mark Shaffar
Does Real Estate Investing Revitalize Neighborhoods?
So My friend @Dawn Anastasi just posted a story: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/201...about rough neighborhoods in the US and it got me thinking. I know that in the roughest neighborhoods you have a ha...
Tyler Wolgamuth
Someone that can help walk me through starting in flipping houses
Hello, currently living in Houston area and would like to start PT work in real estate flipping a house. There are tons of training but can't seem to find step by step guides. What is it you 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on.Th...
Robert Siverd
Buying a building for small business
I posted this in the "off topic" section and got no replies:This is a situation that is not typically seen on BP. I am a partner in a small business. We have three locations currently and we rent all three spaces. W...
Michael Ehmann
Helping tenants improve their financial literacy/stability
Tl/dr: we are looking for advice/resources to help "train" our newly inherited tenants to be more financially literate/stable (more context below). Here is what we're looking for: Any programs/courses (either in Georg...
Eric Odum
Homeless Issues
We have a small retail strip in Tampa. It has been a real challenge because of the homeless. It is actually in a decent area, close to Carrollwood, but it is also close enough to suit case city that the homeless can...
Glen Wiley
mange yourself or use a PM
I see a lot of talk about the importance of hiring a property manager (PM) rather than self managing. For 20 years I have managed my own properties so I wanted to offer some thoughts on the advantages of self managing...
Scott Raynor
Is it smart to buy my first duplex during a pandemic?
I've been looking at buying my first investment property-a duplex in Upstate NY using a loan from my employer retirement fund. The numbers look good with a cash flow of about $200/month from the current tenants. Mort...
Sarah McCoy
Newbie in the Boston area
Hi! My name is Sarah, I'm currently not an investor, however I have big plans for my future. I have been planning on getting my real estate license in the fall, and I have been lurking on BP for a while now. My drea...
Charlie Haa
If you had 300k to invest right now what would you do?
I feel like turnkey would be the easiest to quickly get cashflow and expand the portfolio. But I fear that it wouldn't be fast enough. Multifamily would allow you to invest more at once, but they are flying off the sh...