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Hi everyone,I am about to close on my first two properties in Philly next week (woohoo!) and cannot decide if I should hire a property management company, or self-manage the future renters.
I have a full-time job an...
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Hey!I wanted to start this thread to get some insight as to what I should do about approaching that point that so many starting out do - The point when the fire to invest starts to dwindle as you approach information ...
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Hello there, new to this community. I have been listening to a lot of the BP podcasts and youtube videos for the last few weeks. My husband and I are both in medicine. Next year he will be an attending and I will be s...
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I am suppose to close this week on a duplex that didn’t appraise. The Purchase price is 150k and it appraised at 120k. I am locked in due to various circumstances and will loose my 13k deposit plus miscellaneous inspe...
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Hello BP Members,I'm starting a new project and I wanted to take a moment to share it with the community. Please feel free to ask questions and make suggestions. I hope that this post will help others that are contemp...
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Hello team. Total newbie here....been renting my entire life and finally (at 33 yrs old) realizing that my military Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) could be building equity and become a rental property instead of b...
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Dear Experts. Please read. Please help.My wife and I need sincere, honest, hard-truth advice from a real RE expert. Someone that can truly point us in the right direction without anything to gain.Any advice or feedba...