I have a absentee list with over 10,000 entries.  I've been mailing to one zipcode but that still 5,000 entries.  I can only afford to mail 300 letters a month.  That'll take me a 16 months to finish just that zipcode...

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First of all- I absolutely love the online community and listening to the podcasts. I've learned an enormous amount of information from bigger pockets and I'm ready to break away from analysis para...

We've always liked college towns for rentals as they tend to have very low vacancy rates. I'm wondering how COVID-19 is impacting the rental markets since so many Universities are doing distance learning this year? Se...

Hello, I'm a total newbie and in the very beginning stages of building a team and gathering resources.  I'm thinking of establishing an LLC to transfer future purchases into.  Does anybody have experience with using a...

Hi everyone!, what does it mean when the county property appraisal has $0 improvement on a property on their website? even though there's a house on the lot but the house been vacant for a while/abandoned, does it eff...

Hi, we are reviewing disclosures of two small multi-family (2-4 units) homes located in the SF bay area. Looks that both of them are close to Seismic Hazard Zone (liquefaction zone and/or landslide zone), and one of t...

So I did a demo of Rebogateway just recently and they have an awesome setup! What I liked about them is they get data from the county, its always up to date and they have a bunch of lists that others don't have, like ...

Hello, my name is Ernestine. Although I am new to posting, I have quietly observed activity on the Bigger Pockets website and forum for quite some time now. I currently face a troubling dilemma and I believe only the ...

I'm new to real estate investing and would like to know if a bank owned property has a lot of equity, why wouldn't we want to pursue purchasing the home from the bank?

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Newark.

Purchase price: $205,000

Cash invested: $20,000

Purchased a single family property with an FHA loan and one year later I ...