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Robin Grimes I get asked "So, how many properties do you own?"
18 March 2013 | 72 replies

"So, how many properties do you own?"
I get this question almost every time I tell someone that I'm a real estate investor. Tenants and applicants ask the same question also. I generally respond with a smile and s...

Nathan Gesner How can you evict tenants without the court system?
27 March 2021 | 74 replies

Many Landlords have no idea how to get rid of a tenant, whether it's for non-payment of rent or for lease violations. This is even more obvious as the eviction moratorium stretches to almost a year now.Share your best...

Ramsey Blankenship What is your morning routine?
18 January 2018 | 45 replies

I have heard nearly all successful people such as Tony Robbins, Grant Cardon, Timothy Ferris etc. describe their morning routine. Most of them do something along the lines of "Mind, Body, and Spirit" so I wrote down a...

Taylor Jones Do people like losing money in the Smoky Mountains?
2 January 2023 | 56 replies

How does anyone buying in the Smoky Mountains make money buying today?
$1M purchase price and $125k in revenue
P/I/T payments run -$78k/yr (assuming 8% interest rate and 80% LTV)
Cleaning fees -$20k/yr
OpEx - $30k...

Scott Trench POLL - How Did You Come to Own Your First Rental Property?
29 December 2016 | 93 replies

I'm interested in learning something about BiggerPockets' users, and thought that you all might be interested as well. How do investors come to own rental property? While I'm sure that many methods are used, what are ...

Account Closed Bad neighbors and the slumlord owner next door.
16 May 2019 | 28 replies

I have a rental in a lower income area that has about three quarters of the people living there are related or friends of some sort. This is a nice place to live except the new monsters next door. Next door a nice hom...

Cody C. Dodd-frank or SAFE act, and balloon payments?
15 February 2014 | 47 replies

I'm a realtor in Oregon. My principle broker last week dropped a bomb on us, saying that balloon payments are going (have gone?) bye bye, and that most people who are going to carry notes on their own properties, will...

Account Closed I am dumbfounded by the high prices investors are paying for property.
29 June 2015 | 44 replies

This happens to me time and time again. I just got off the phone with a seller of a house in Florissant MO who told me that 5 other people made offers on his house and that my offer was less than half of what the nex...

Michael Ryland Negative reactions from friends and family
23 April 2019 | 74 replies

My wife and I are just starting out and now have two rental properties. We are excited about these opportunities so we can’t help but tell those who are close to us. We were sitting down and sharing all of the not so ...

Alex Breshears Clearing up something about private lending...
20 February 2024 | 16 replies

Since I get these questions a lot - I thought going out to the BP community to see what they think might be educational.As a private lender, I've discovered the term is very ambiguous and vague to borrowers. There are...