Dawn Anastasi
Section 8 Bible
Has anyone ever read these books (volume I and II)? In it, the guy talks about his strategy for buying and renting out over 300 single family homes.
For the first property, he started off with around $28,000 or so f...
Nat C.
Odd behavior from electrician?
I met with an electrician about upgrading and updating all the electrical at my house.
He sent me the quote the next day and I agreed.
That evening he turned up at my house to collect $500 cash to buy materials.
I sai...
Ryan M.
$700k to Invest: Need Advice
I might be selling a website and will have around $700k to invest. I'm not an active real estate investor but I've been learning about it over the past few years. If I sell this website I will be getting a lump sum an...
Timothy Metra
New investor with $10,000... What would you do if you were me?
BP, what's up? The title is pretty straightforward to my situation. I have $10,000. How can I turn this into $1M overnight? Thanks!Okay, I'm only joking. If you're still reading, I'm assuming you're patient enough to ...
Account Closed
401K or Not?
Hello all.....
I'm just about to buy my second multifamily property and one of the advices that my uncle gave me was to max out my 401k. Now, don't get me wrong, he owns a franchise and also has about four rental pro...
Shaun Moore
General Contractor's License for Permits when Doing Work Yourself
I have a project underway and am doing some of the work myself. I'm curious if anyone else has run into a problem when rehabbing a property, and doing the work yourself. Have you been required to have a General Contra...
Mark Forest
Cant buy a house
I am working with a good Realtor and I make offers well above asking. I just lost out on another offer I made. It will be interesting to find out the winning bid upon closing. The house before this I made a cash of...
Michael L.
Opening the Kimono: My Out-of-State REI Experience
Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property. A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago. I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...
Dustin Woodley
Tricks of the trade... What is yours?
One trick we use sometime is take a water hose from the back of a washer machine... I carry one in my trunk (With a plunger). Go to the neighbor and offer them $10 cash to run a hose from their outside faucet to your ...
Ricky Cassidy
Investing in Tulum, Mexico
This would clearly be a very risky move, but has anyone considered buying a vacation rental in a vacation based rental market such a Tulum, Mexico? Unlike certain sub markets in the US that are very hot right now due ...