Hello,First time poster here - a good friend and coworker of mine introduced me to Bigger Pockets about six months ago. Purchasing our first investment home without his expertise and the information on BP would have m...

Hello all BP community!I just found the Bigger Pockets site and can say this is exactly what I have needed.There is so much information here that I can barely contain my excitement.  I have recently began researching ...

Hi, I am working on my first flip and have started bringing in GCs for estimates. Since I know a lot of individual contractors, would you recommend speaking with electricians, plumbers etc to cut out the middle man an...

Hi Everyone,I'm new to the site, just starting to learn all there is to know about flipping houses. My husband and I have been thinking about getting started for quite a while now. I'm a landscape designer (I hold a B...

A customer called my landscaping company looking for a quote on some landscaping rehab.  As we walked his property he said he was getting ready to list his house.  He also talked about the many other jobs he needed to...

Good Day Everyone, I am planning on starting a property management company. Managing mix of STR and LTRs and may be starting complimentary business like cleaning and landscaping to generate more revenue. Also want to ...

Hello everyone, my first post here and I'm kind of excited!  I am working my numbers for buy/hold/rent a SFR in Warren, Michigan and was wondering what common practice is there for paying things like utilities/snow re...

In today's market, what is a good deal for apartment complex? In my area, the cap rate is around 4.5% to 5%. And I know a lot of other cities can be much higher than that. But what if it's in a great location? Would y...

So excited! My fiancé and I just closed on our first investment property in Scarborough ME! Its the firs house of a main road in a beautiful town. After over a year of searching in an extremely hot market we found one...

Hello all! I am an excited newcomer to investment properties, and I am also super excited about a potential deal I may have. Below is a picture of a house that's in my family, and has sat vacant for about a decade now...