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Welcome home: 525k residents moved to Texas in 2017AUSTIN (Texas Realtors) – The Lone Star State ranked second in the nation for relocation activity in 2017, according to the 2019 Texas Relocation Report by Texas Real...
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Hello, I'm new to building and developing and would love some pointers as to a common process of a typical building project. I'm wanting to build a duplex and have much of the process started as far as my builder in p...
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Hello my wife and I are about to sign our first tenants on September 1st however we just called our utilities company and we're told that we cannot have tenants transfer the name under your utilities this is our first...
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Goooooood morning everybody!
Recently I was on one of the Zoom calls in a mastermind group that I am a part of where a member of the highest tier of the group was presenting his story to a bunch of the members of...
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Hello Bigger Pockets community! I found the Bigger Pockets podcast about 6 months ago; I've learned so much from the podcast! I decided to join and become an active member on the site to gain more knowledge and learn ...
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Hello! I am looking to potentially invest in the Cleveland, OH area. I was doing some research and the area looks great, but the one thing I do have a concern about is the limited number of major employers in the ar...
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Just had a father (in his early 60's) of a family grab his security deposit check back out of my folder in front of me and storm out of a lease signing. Buh-bye PITA!! He kept wanting me to change lease terms and I wo...
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Scenario: Tenants who have been living in a unit for 10 years and paying $1K and the identical unit is renting for $1800. The tenants are month to month with no lease. Wondering the best approach to raise them to mark...
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Hey all just hoping for some advice. This is from Jan. 2022I have 3 buildings in St. Louis with 5 doors. Recently a tenant in a duplex gave notice, returned her keys and left. Aside from removing the appliances and le...
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Hi guys and gals of BP!
I might be closing on a wholesale deal tonight, and since there is alot riding on whether I can negotiate this successfully, I'm trying to prepare.
Here's the bullet points:
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