Korey Moore
Utah Real Estate Market
I'm currently renting out a condo in Utah around the Ogden area. I cash flow pretty good, however, I also bought it in the market down turn about 5 years ago. I'm now looking for my second property to invest in, but...
Bryan N.
Leases - Lessons Learned
I was reading some forums and it got me thinking as I am creating my own lease. I've used several local PM companies leases to "learn" from. What have people added to leases after learning from the school of hard kn...
Billal J.
First investment property— discount due to covenant
Hey all!Long-time reader, first-time investor.Just went to look at a property that came highly recommended to me by my real estate agent. She is the listing agent, property manager, and my aunt. She’s also been an inv...
Diane Hilton
Letter to property owner for purchase of unlisted parcels
Dear
My name is ________ and my husband, ______, and I are interested in purchasing your property at 123 main street.
We moved here in 2018 from the ____________ area and have two children (8 & 4 ye...
Michael Cook
North Carolina Wind and Hail Insurance
Q: Does anyone know another NC Wind and Hail provider other than NCUIA?Ok bigger pockets family, I’m looking for any advice on a problem I’ve continued to have with a property I own in Wilmington, NC. This was the fir...
Cole J Romero
Brand new to REI-Opportunity to take over est. business
Hi, I'm brand new to REI. I don't currently have any properties and have been researching/educating for the last couple of months. Made one offer on a SFH in my town but couldn't get to a number I felt comfortable wit...
Brandon Stiles
Most promising city/states for flips in 2025?
I'm currently located in Northwest Arkansas (Walmart HQ) and just closed on my first flip a few weeks ago. Over the past 4 months I sent out about 3,000 letters to a semi-targeted list (2% reponse rate), made 1,000 co...
Bruce Woodruff
Thoughts on the California fire repercussions
I saw @james wise thread on the fires in general but here are some other thoughts now that this has grown , I think it's important and very interesting...a) What will happen with CA insurance? They already lost some m...
Brett Jurgens
Zillow ads climate risk insights, but too many people are ignoring the data
A sign of the times. Zillow is adding climate risk scores powered by First Street for every for-sale listing on its platform.
Another Zillow survey published in September 2023 found that 83% of home shoppers conside...
Eric J Platter
Storage Units Expenses
When elevating Storage Units what rule of thumb do we use for estimated expenses? 50% rule? 60% rule because it is commercial? When calculating vacancy and bad debt, do these have rule of thumb too? Thanks!