![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/344609/small_1621445590-avatar-spmoore.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Wondering if anyone else from Montana is active on here! Who are you? Where are you from? I noticed this forum had no posts so I wanted to start one.I'm looking for some connections and always like "local" people, or ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1021816/small_1621507657-avatar-alyssak7.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
First investment property (Texas), currently accepting applications. We aren’t using a realtor, I have a marketing background and have been able to drum up enough interest without one. If an applicant is using a real...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/590403/small_1621493288-avatar-pmunly.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I'm on a Portland, OR real estate broker's email list (I was thinking about buying in Portland a few months ago) and received what appears to be a pretty alarming change the city council is trying to pass this Thursda...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/4738/small_1621347135-avatar-barnardinc.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1565376/small_1621513645-avatar-orvaldur.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I’ve been doing a lot of research lately and I wanted to share with you guys what I have found about the correlation between unemployment, delinquencies and housing prices. During the 2008 housing crisis the housing ...
Lol no this is not a riddle. I actually had an applicant that was going through the screening process with the HOA of my community request to withdraw the lease agreement. The applicant did not want to wait any long...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2208805/small_1628223766-avatar-blakeh161.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Just received news that I am not permitted by the city to purchase another property due to the affordable housing covenant im contracted under. Not the news I was hoping for and this will severely impact the financing...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/507645/small_1621480032-avatar-madelinej.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
For a few months I've been learning about how to use my unused income from a full-time job to invest in real estate and have been reading lots of books like Hold: How to Find, Buy and Rent Houses for Wealth, Brandon T...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/3178899/small_1738716655-avatar-tylerg460.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Looking to get going on some real estate so I can replace my wife's income and she can quit her job. Please poke holes in this strategy. We currently live in a 1000 sqft single family home that we pay a mortgage on. M...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1638610/small_1621514375-avatar-tylerb343.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Presidential candidate Joe Biden plans is announcing a $775 Billion dollar plan to boost Child and Elderly care. It’s a decade long plan that will be paid for by reducing or eliminating 1031 tax breaks for real estate...