Ray Lai
Fair estimate for a maintenance cost on a turn-key property
Does anyone have experience with the maintenance cost on a turn-key property bought through American Real Estate Investments? The spreadsheet they sent me for the portfolio of properties uses$312 in annual maintenance...
Stephan Ketterer
Introduction, Looking for San Diego advice
Hello,my name is Stephan, living in the US for ~3 years and recently moved to San Diego ( my wife and I love it here). Due to tax reasons I will move money from my home country (Germany) to the US ~200-300k and looki...
Samantha Klein
Tenant locked out, should I charge a fee?
Hi everyone, around 9PM last Friday night, my tenant texts to say she locked her keys in her apartment and asked if I would stop by to let her in, this was 9PM at night but I only live 5 min from the property so I agr...
Mitch Davidson
Another great benefit MTR has over LTR
I launched an MTR in Asheville, NC in 2018, and have had 13 tenants so far. After the first few turns I realized that compared to LTR the MTR model has a great additional benefit, meaning additional to the increased c...
Ersi Bice
How BAD is it investing in the ghetto?
So obviously the "hood" is not the ideal place to invest in rental properties but how bad is it really? Can someone brake it down for me? What are the Pros and Cons and do the Cons out way the Pros or does it depend?...
Anthony R.
STR Self Managers - What's Your Monthly Mgmt Costs?
Hi All,
Things are moving forward with getting my STR up and running by end of next month. I'm still on the fence about self-managing remotely vs a local PM company. Those of you who self-manage remotely, have you ev...
Josh Stack
LESSONS LEARNED - What would you do over from the 2008 crisis?
I've posted this in the "Real Estate Success Stories" forum but perhaps its would fit better in the "Real Estate Life Lessons Forum".There is a ton of talk in the media but also on these forums of the precariousness o...
Tyler Willson
Any different math for live-in flips?
Hello everyone, I am new to the real estate world, and I was wondering if those who have done live-in flips do their numbers any differently for those versus a normal flip. For me, I feel that the numbers would differ...
Account Closed
Say what? Bigger Pockets is making it harder to get started?!?
Hello all,I wanted to pose the question to you all. Is Bigger Pockets actually making it harder for new investors to get started in real estate?To be honest, lately, I've been having this thought. Please allow me to...
James Tarantino
New investor seeking advice on best strategy/markets to focus on
Hey everyone, I'm 24 y/o from NJ looking for some advice on the best way to get started. I'm currently working a full time job remotely and have been actively looking for my first deal but am struggling on which marke...