Wesley Edwards
Lath and Plaster repair costs
Hi everyone,
I am in the middle of renovating a 1600 square foot rowhome so that I can start renting it out. Having been built in 1890, the walls are all lath and plaster. The house has been vacant for a few years a...
Corey Young
Introduction and a roof repair question
About MeWhile I do have a question, since this is my first post to the BiggerPockets forums, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and introduce myself while asking the question.My name is Corey and I currently ...
Phillip S.
Made BIG mistake with auction purchase - beware of scams
Fellow investors,I expect this topic has been discussed ad nauseam on here but I thought I would share my tale of woe anyway to help others avoid making the same mistakes I did. In August of last year I came across a...
Srinivas Chinnam
Need help analyzing a deal. go or no go
Hello BP members,I've been reading BP posts, blogs and listening to podcasts. They are immensely helpful to get started on my REI journey. Thanks a lot to the whole community.My current goal is to build a side income ...
Robert Taylor
Handling old mold issue on current flip up for sale
I have a house up for sale right now, its a nice house built in 2001, 3200 sq ft, a former builder's model so it was built with a lot of little "extras" you don't see on every newer house like tray ceilings, inset col...
James Lucero
A year of research and ready to invest
A while back I posted my ideas about partnering up with my fathers company to create some equity by renting out units to the employees. Fast forward almost a year later and I took people advice and I'm not doing it. I...
James Elden
Do lower end / cheaper rentals do better in a downturn?
Question for those who have been around a while, I haven't been able to figure this out myself from research. I'm referring mainly to larger markets, say over 1 million people at least, during a housing crash / downtu...
Austin Tondreau
Creative Ways to expand real estate, financing question
Hello BiggerPockets, Looking for, well exactly what the title says, creative real estate financing. My goal is to grow, but to use less of my personal funds than I have done in the past, traditionally. I don't wish to...
Ken P.
I bought my wife a brand new car for Christmas for only $10,000
In December I bought my wife a new car for Christmas. The price of an average new car in 2014 was a bit over $30,000, but I bought it for only $10,000, and it’s newer than new. It’s a mid-size vehicle, and although ...
Ken Latchers
I have seen the future and it is not STR (for the most part).
There is something called an efficient market (well known in stocks and commodities). That is where there is no easy money to be made, as everything is priced so no one has an advantage.
Then there is the mania. Fo...