Darrell Lagler
New members from Los Angeles - looking for mentors and/or JV
Hello to everyone on Bigger Pockets. We are Darrell and Brenda Lagler and are excited to write the next chapter in our lives.We have bought and sold multiple residential properties over the years and believe that re...
Jonathan VanderPloeg
New member in Ottawa, Ontario
I'm a new member to BP, actually have been on the forums for a couple weeks. My wife and I listen to as many podcasts as we can. The podcasts and endless amounts of info on BP have certainly come in handy the over the...
Jon Crosby
Vacation Rental Email Automation - Part 2
Hi Everyone, hope you are all doing well!Last year I posted my hack for setting up a free vacation rental email automation using a few free tools (Mailchimp, Automate.io, Google Calendar). Basically it's a system to ...
Daniel Sobsey
Personal Loan to Finance 10% of Partnership's MultiFamily Purchse
Hi All,I am new to real estate investing and I have a funding question that I'm hoping you might be able to help me with.I am in a partnership with two friends and together we plan on investing in a multi-family home ...
Jimmy Le
New bigger pocket fan
Hello, I'm just starting out on a real estate investing journey and beyond amazed by the bigger pocket community, plus the resources available here. I wanted to say hi and a hearty thank you in advance to all here.I'm...
L R Wadsworth
Spec home building
There isn’t much mention of spec home building on here. It seems that builders are building and selling specs everywhere and doing well at it. Most of this type building is being done by large or well established buil...
Neil Chavis
Property Tax Rate Indianapolis
My wife and I are looking to invest in Indianapolis are struggling to figure out what the general property tax rate across the area is. We'll look into our target property's tax history, but the tax bill is usually ba...
Niles Bollinger Jr
New investor in Louisiana
My name is Niles Bollinger and I am a Realtor and aspiring investor in Louisiana. My current goals are to build up capital by wholesaling. Once I build up enough capital, I would like to invest in a rental property....
Erick Garske
Need Home Owner Insurance for Baltimore, MD investment.
I am looking for a competitive quote to the one provided to me earlier for two investment properties in Baltimore, MD with a combined worth of about 150K. The original quote provided to me of $3858 seems way to high.T...
Joe Nasr
Income properties calculations
Hi,
I am looking to buy my first income property and wanted to know how much the maintenance, utilities and PITI should i deduct from the gross rental income? I have been told 45% of gross income but there doesn't se...