Rick Baggenstoss
Is your primary house an investment?
In another thread this debate was started. Is your primary dwelling an investment?
One argument for is that you expect your primary dwelling to appreciate, therefore, it is an investment.
However, an a...
Terry Hale
Recession Proof Commercial Real Estate
Hello, hope everyone is staying safe. This is the time to invest in storage facilities, do you agree?
Will Gaston
Do You Think My College Students Tenants Busted this Floor Joist?
All:My handyman just called me and said that a floor joist was split underneath one of my college student rentals. Five guys live there and had friends over for the Super Bowl on Sunday night. They claim it was only "...
Michael C.
How transparent are you with people at your "day job" about REI?
So, I just finished listening to Podcast 60 with @SergeS and it got me thinking. He was working a full time job, and took his business from 0 to 68 units in four years. In the podcast he referenced very often he wou...
Faisal Sami
Experienced Out of Town Landlord vs. Property Manager. Who wins?
Who would have more BOTTOM LINE PROFIT at end of the month?Experienced Out of town landlord vs. "turn key" Property manager ?Assumptions1. Each has EXACT same hypothetical properties to manage2. Properties are in "C" ...
Russ Marlborough
$13,000 down the drain? Locked into a deal that didn’t appraise..
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...
J. Martin
Negotiating Purchase of Vacant Lot in Bay Area tomorrow. Advice?
Going to try to negotiate the purchase of vacant lot tomorrow. Any advice?I’m meeting the owner of a vacant lot tomorrow to try to negotiate the purchase of a vacant lot in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s a killer pr...
Noelle Pritchard Barkley
Have $500k to start RE investing- wwyd?!
It’s fun to dream about situations like this, but I’m not dreaming... And I do NOT want to screw this opportunity up. Asking for real advice.
We sold our Denver home for $800k, a cash offer, we close in exactly on...
Blake Wood
First Rental in Expensive Market
Hello BiggerPockets,Would love to hear some opinions/feedback on what course to choose as I try to tackle my first rental property. I am an agent in San Diego and work with some of the top flippers in the area (If yo...
Raquel Baranow
Tenant painted room, I'm scared, sad, what to do?!
I spent a lot of time fixing up a rental, did all the work myself (with a friend), I considered the paint-job a work of art, apparently the tenant didn't think so, he not only primed the walls but also the trim now I'...