Vince Espiritu
Cash Reserves: When Is It Necessary?
Hi BP members,I am currently saving some capital to finance my downpayment and closing cost on my first property. I'm planning to purchase a single-family house or small multifamily then househack it. My question is: ...
Zachary Cura
Bad Tenants: How Do You Personally Deal With Them?
Is there anyone who would like to share any horror stories of dealing with bad tenants who seemed like trustworthy and upstanding citizens at first, but then eventually proceeded to avoid paying rent and/or causing ma...
Suzanne Chan
Roofing Question - Decking Material calculated before or after?
Hello BP community, I have a question about a roofing invoice. I had 2 roofing bids for a complete tear-off with a new TPO roof. I got a bid for $27K and then I asked another roofer to match it, which he did. I chose ...
Charles Tucker Kimbrough
Getting started but not gaining any traction
Greetings Bigger Pockets,My Name is Charles T. Kimbrough I recently moved to Big Sky Montana and have been trying to get a property under contract. I was able to start a real estate partnership with the owner of a pr...
Brian Wilson
Need a contractor, or other ideas, for home owner client
I am an experienced Realtor but beginner in flipping ways and have a seller who wants to fix a condo he has owned a while to sell. It is vacant. He doesn't want to sell as-is (I've tried but he doesn't like the number...
Mark S.
1st Steps to HELOC on Primary
Never in a million years would I think about “using my home as a credit card,” as some like to say. I am seriously considering looking into getting a HELOC (or similar) on my primary residence in order to use the mon...
Bryan DeSellem
Should I use a 401K Loan to fund a deal?
My wife and I found what seems like a killer deal near where we grew up, we now live 8 hours away. The house is a duplex that is currently rented for $1200/month per side and the asking price is $120k. The only thing ...
Tom Kentop Jr
How do you separate for money?
So we all know we should be separating money out for things like Vacancy/Maintenance/CapX/PM but I've never heard anyone discuss what system they use for monitoring their funds.What do you do?? Seperate bank accounts?...
Aksel A.
Investing in Boston during a sellers' market
Done deal! I am sharing my experience here with the rest of the community. After over a year of tenacious searches, analyses, and offers, yesterday August 1st 2017 turned out to be the closing day on my 1st owner occu...
Shailesh L.
Seeking due diligence guidance for Investory opportunity with ROI of 60%+
I have been informed of investor opportunity to invest in New construction condo project. He wants to raise $20M through investors and remaining $30M will be through bank financing . He is asking each investor to in...