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Hey everyone!
My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...
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Does anyone here have experience with Holton-Wise Property Group? Both from an investment property acquisition perspective, and from a property management perspective? Feel free to PM me if you prefer to keep your opi...
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I figured I would stop hijacking @rob k's thread and start my own about my squatter. For those who didn't read about my issue, I have a squatter living in a shed on a property I bought. The squatter was claiming ...
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I was talking with the guy at MySolo401K about trying to open a Solo 401K. I have a Sole proprietor LLC since 2009 where I was doing consulting and training. My business did really well, but almost 2 years ago, I star...
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Condotel Investments: Not Always a Smart Idea in the United States !
Even with record room rates, owning your piece of the condo-hotel business in the United States might not be so profitable, experts are saying. Yet...
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I’m looking to invest in my first rental property in the next year or two. I’d like to learn a little bit about being a landlord before I do so I’m compliant with laws and tax requirements etc. The rest I’ll probably ...
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The NEW lease-option design...As I understand it, one of the requirements of the new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, birthed from the Dodd-Frank legislation, is that ANY lender in an installment sale has to verify...
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So as you all know from my introduction post, I am a brand new to REI. I have been working to increase my knowledge base by reading everything I can get my hands on or that is recommended to me. I literally am on a fi...