Jennifer White
What you wish you knew for your first deal
Hey everyone,My husband and I are looking into investing in our first single family or multifamily home. We are practicing more with the calculators and assessing deals but I'm sure there are plenty of things we have...
Eric Gard
Should I purchase it?
I'm going to check out a 2 bed 1 bath mobile home tomorrow. Everything sounds good, he had to move for his job. He is asking $8000 or $3000 down payment and make payments.
The mobile home is a 1972 14x60.
He comple...
Dan H.
Reason not to rent to smokers - terminate tenant w/ few options?
We no longer rent to smokers but we used to rent to smokers with the condition that they smoke outside.
We have a tenant that is a from the time that we rented to smokers. They have been good at only smoking outside...
Alexander Parada
Should I pay off my home or buy more rentals?
Hello Everyone at Bigger Pockets!
I currently own 5 properties in Houston TX all residential rentals. I have a mortgage on only one of them. The home with a mortgage I am currently selling after sale I will have roug...
Mike Girard
Contractor using green board for shower
My contractor's crew began tiling the bath/shower surround today. It was such a mess I pulled it all off before the mortar could dry resolving to at least get it properly started myself. In researching tiling, I learn...
Caleb Johnson
Being a Landlord Sucks
While investing in the past 2 years, I have been threatened, I’ve caught mice with my hands, called the police on tenants, done cash for keys and many more interesting things. All this has taught me that I don’t want ...
David Kuhlke
Is a turnkey investment good for a beginner real estate investor?
Hello everyone! I'm new to BiggerPockets and just finished reading Brandon Turner's "The Book on Rental Property Investing". I live in Portland, OR, where the housing market is very high for rental property investing....
Diana Dorantes
‘What’s in your garage’?
My husband and I recently met a couple who were rehabbing a rental and noticed that they were driving a very nice luxurious SUV, now we learned they have had rentals for 40 years and were ready to begin to sell off s...
Brian Hood
The "Infinite Return" BRRRR is BS
I love the BRRRR approach, but why isn't anyone factoring in their time into their ROI? Even if you have $0 in the deal, you may still have dozens of hours (or more) invested into finding the deal, buying the property...
Adriel Hsu
How I Made 12 Deadly Mistakes & Still Broke Even on my First Deal
My First Deal and the 12 Deadly Mistakes I MadeThe quick and dirty numbers: Purchase Price: $17,307Purchase Closing Costs: $2000Rehab Costs: $80,748Roof: $6538Foundation: $3000Handyman Labor: $19,284Dumpster: $4378Ele...