Bryan Ester
buy one rental property cash or multiple properties with mortgage
Lets say you 1 million dollars. When does it make sense to take that million and buy lets say 2-3 different properties (by taking out loans and having a mortgage) and create rentals which then cover your mortgage but ...
Jeramey Rogers
Ocean City, MD - STR investment
Hello - I'm looking to start my short term rental business and am considering buying a property in Ocean City MD. It's a 2 bed 2 bath condo, beach front in midtown. In doing some 3rd Party research through sites like ...
Dave W.
potential mentor--what red flags should I look out for?
A couple of weeks ago, I was at a local car wash waiting for my truck, & I called a mortgage broker about some info I sent him to get pre-qualified for a loan. A man standing nearby overheard part of my conversati...
Jake Thomas
$25K property to a $400K Lake House using 1031 exchanges
About 2 years ago I drove by this horribly ugly blue house that I could barely see from the road. I had been reading BP posts about driving for dollars and finding the seller to buy it. After an hour of google searchi...
Kay B.
No shower for 3 days due to necessary repair
I am a new landlord and need to replace the only shower in our rental property, which will take 3 days to complete. The tenants will be staying at the premises for the duration of the repair and expect compensation fo...
Account Closed
Choosing the right market to start
Hello,I am looking to choose a market to start diving into. As I know it takes quite a lot of work to set up a BRRRR operation I would like to start by picking one market to work on.I will be working out of California...
Ron Brady
Avoiding Bias. How do other investors do it?
A CA couple is suing an appraiser for what they assert is a lowball appraisal: https://www.washingtonpost.com... For a second appraisal, they removed all hints that a black couple lived in the home and they asked a wh...
Devin Haertling
Ok realtors I need some advice
@zane belden and I have been working on a deal to buy a 4 plex. This process started 6 months ago. We made contact with our realtor through Zillow and she showed us 3 properties one day and we put an offer on one o...
Sadie Bynum
1005 Square Footage Error - Week from Closing - Any Advice?
Hello all - Newbie here. I'm under contract on a home I'm buying to live in and Airbnb the attached In-Law suite. The listing agent wrote that the house was 4,000 sq in his description, and the mls listing indicated 4...
Rob C.
Hard Knock #1
My first attempted deal in REI turned into a bust yesterday as the seller failed to perform. I'm hoping to field some advice from the biggerpockets crowd on how to handle this situation. It's a bit of a long post (sor...