Mike Batir
4-unit owner occupied investment as my first property?
Hello. My name is Mike and I am brand new to to investing in real estate. It has always seemed like a no brainer to me to have tenants paying your mortgage/making you some money but it seems like nobody wants to get i...
Sean Richway
Multi Family Syndication Questions (Advice Needed)
Looking at getting started in multi family acquisitions and I wanted to pick the brain of the members on the site for some questions/topics that are not discussed as much. These are a bit more detailed on the GP side...
Alejandro Diaz
Tenant Wants Reduced Rent
I have a tenant that has been leasing a $2600/mo home for the past 3 years. Excellent, pays on time, takes care of property. His lease in on a month to month term. He recently lost his job and wants to stay in the hom...
Bob Ross
Do you really need to be handy to be a landlord?
I want to buy a three family home. I am not handy at all, most people I talk to say not to get into a multi family property if I’m not handy. Is this true? Should I take their advice? Though I know other who have said...
Rich Hupper
Passive day to day income
Two questions for anyone willing to help a newbie.1) what is the point of a roth or traditional IRA if you can only add 5000 to it each year. I am 30 so that means I have 29.5 years I can add to it. If my math is corr...
Adam Mangrum
Seeking honest feedback on my plans to prepare to start investing
Hi everyone! I'm not sure which place would be best to post this so I'm posting this here and in the introduction section (this is my first post). I apologize for the length but I wanted to give a lot of background to...
Olivia Evans
Investing out of state for a FIRST rental property ever - Y/N?
Hello,Has anyone had any experience in choosing their first rental property to invest in EVER, to be out of state? Like the full experience of acquiring a property, managing the rehab, and then managing the rental aft...
Justin C.
Hello from a new investor in Dallas!
Hello Dallas forum members!Having been a long-time reader but first-time poster, I'm writing to introduce myself: I'm Justin, and I live in the medical district area of Dallas near Uptown. I came across BiggerPockets...
Eric Bate
Here's my situation... $50k cash to play with. SFR vs. MFR?
I've got $50k to work with, and I need a place to live in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis or St Paul). Here are some of the options going through my mind:1. Buy a SFR and get roommate-tenants off Craigslist. (Buy-and-ho...
James Hamling
Rehab Cost Estimator, weigh in
I am about to get new rehab/ construction cost estimator for 2012, would love to know what others are using, what it costs, what they love about it, what they hate about, and especially if there is any to recommend NO...