Oscar Martins
Building department doesnt like it when i do my own repairs
Went to the building dept in my town today, I have some electrical work that needs to be completed in order to get a clean certificate of occupancy, anyway they said that i needed a licensed electrician to do all of ...
Walter Roby jr
Show me your 2% rule
Greetings,I live here in the Los Angeles market and by no means expect to find any investment close to the 2% rule both on and off market. I have tried researching recent sales and cross matched potential rents in oth...
Matthew John
Can you Properly Analyze a Deal if you can't see Inside?
I'm trying to analyze a triplex that's for sale, but the units are fully rented out and the owner wants a written (and accepted) offer BEFORE scheduling a time to see inside. He then said, to go inside I need an "insu...
Amy Ranae
To pay off student loans or put $$$ down on a rental
Hello Friends! I'm a realtor working in the twin cities and I do a lot of good business. I got into real estate to pay off my student loans without really thinking too much about investing. However, the more I work wi...
Russell Payne
Short Term Rental Vs. Long Term Rental
When looking to purchase your first investment property, would you prefer a short term or long term rental plan?Would love some pros and cons! Thanks!
Anna Z.
What Are Turnkey Properties
Hello guys,
I'm new to BP and real estate. I've seen people bring up "turnkey" properties a lot. So what exactly is turnkey properties and how do you find them? If there are anyone that have purchases a turnkey prope...
Cameron Lam
How I achieved $100K annual cash flow in 2 years
A Little Backstory
Hi BiggerPockets! I wanted to make this post to give some inspiration to those newbies just starting out or even the more seasoned vets! I set out on my real estate journey with my first investmen...
Sean Gallagher
Take the equity? Hold? Sell?
Creative suggestions for this scenario. You purchase a property that winds up having about 60-80k of equity, in need of lots of minor repairs, 3br 2ba. Only property owned, want to build on portfolio and maximize gr...
Julie Silvestro
Should I Use Cap Rate or ROI?
Hi All,I would like to play a game inside of the Bigger Pockets forum; nowhere else can I get the opinion of so many valuable industry professionals. The game is what do y'all think is a better word for my marketing p...
Seth Mosley
45% expenses ??
Hey all.
Writing about the john reed article that was posted on here a bit ago, talking about how most investor's deals they say are good are actually not at all, because according to him, every property over time av...