Kyle Pagliaro
Investment vs Family - Personal Time & Finance Balancing
Hey All - I'm currently in my initial stages of my RE investing journey, but wanted to get opinions and advice on balancing my aspirations for the day to day real world time and financial commitments necessary. I'm cu...
Michael E.
Creating my unfair advantage
Hello BP!I just wanted to share my plan for creating an unfair advantage for myself. Another title for this post could be "From adversity to advantage"1. Become a licensed contractor. In Michigan all I have to do is t...
Jon Graham
Rehab strategy - spit and polish or full rehab
I'm an investor in NW Indiana. We have done a few successful flips over the last couple years. On the houses we have done, our strategy has been to do a quality rehab and try to drive up the resale value of the house....
Christopher Villa
Bank Owned Properties @Auction.com
Hey, I am looking at some BO properties on Auction.com. Is anyone willing to share their experience with these type of properties? This one currently has an occupant.
Steve Smithy
Ultra-Cheap rented in Detroit?
I see a bunch of incredibly cheap properties (under $10k for SFH) in Detroit. They are currently rented for about $600/mo and appear fairly close to downtown. I know that people were fleeing the city before, but wit...
Kyle Rowland
To rent or sell?
Hello Bigger Pockets financial geniuses!I am not totally new to the world of real estate. I have purchased and sold 3 houses in my life but have never considered any options other than selling and upgrading. I am at...
Scott Lewis
New Member in Wilmington, DE.
Hello everyone, my name is Scott Lewis and I’m excited to be a new member of the BiggerPockets community! I currently live in Wilmington, DE where I work full-time as a research scientist. My wife and I are in the pur...
Mark Wolk
Investor risk spreading
It's common sense not to put all your eggs in the same basket, but how do you apply that saying to real estate investment?
I.e. if you have to buy 5 properties which you intend to rent out:
- how many of them would ...
Yafei Tang
Deal that Makes Sense in Number, But...
Hello Everyone, I’m a new member of the BiggerPockets. I’m also quite new to the real estate investing. After learning from the books and the podcasts, I decided to start to analyze deals and maybe buy my first rental...
Emily Lien
Is this a bad deal because of mortgage rates?
List Price: 235kReno: 45kARV: $340kHOA: $100 / monthZillow Rent Estimate: $2,300I couldn't find any information on current investor mortgage rates, so I used 8.1% (my HELOC interest rate) for the calculation. My credi...