Scott Trench
POLL - How Did You Come to Own Your First Rental Property?
I'm interested in learning something about BiggerPockets' users, and thought that you all might be interested as well. How do investors come to own rental property? While I'm sure that many methods are used, what are ...
J. Martin
"It's Different this Time!" - Why we can't lose in RE! :)
This kind of attitude scares the SH*T out of me!!! “This time is different” are the words scrawled on the wall of every financial bubble - from the South Sea to the DotCom Bust (1.0) to RE Financial Crisis - before it...
Jacques Villars
Looking for Rental Property that meets the 2% Rule
Hey All,I'm an agent/investor in Las Vegas, flipped a couple properties, but looking to build a rental portfolio. For the first one I'm thinking I'd like to get one that cash flows well and unfortunately the market in...
Sam Leon
Big box store employees
I was wondering, how does the big box stores like The Home Depot or Lowes hire their "tech" people?I mean, if you work at the plumbing aisle and are giving out advice to DIYers aren't they suppose to have some clue on...
Mindy Jensen
How Do You Ethically Invest in a Disaster Zone?
Harvey damaged 203,000 homes in Houston - at least that's the number I read this morning. I'm sure it's going to go up. I read 90% of homes destroyed did not have flood insurance.Irma looks to be headed to Florida. Sh...
Jon H.
What's your cap rate for mobile home park?
Hi BP, Can you share with me what your mobile home cap rate is? The one i'm looking at is a space rent only and does not own any of the homes. There is also a 1,400 SQ ft stick built home on the property. What is...
Chris Reeves
Why should mobile home parks trade at higher caps than multifamily?
Hi folks - first post here on Biggerpockets. Glad to be here! I and my family have been in the multifamily industry for many years, owning and operating apartment complexes ranging in size from approximately 30 - 130 ...
James Figliozzi
Location - Trying to nail down a location for my first investment property
Hi Everyone - First time posting and very very new to real estate investing. I've been doing as much research as I can while working as an Account Executive for a fast-growing tech company. I'm finally ready to take t...
Account Closed
I am dumbfounded by the high prices investors are paying for property.
This happens to me time and time again. I just got off the phone with a seller of a house in Florissant MO who told me that 5 other people made offers on his house and that my offer was less than half of what the nex...
Aruna Abdool
Investing in long term rentals out of state
Hi. I'm in NY, which is not a landlord-friendly state, so I'd l like to invest out of state. What have you encountered investing in a state other than the one you reside in? How did you work to establish trust with th...