Lara Nicole
The future investment potential and risks in Portland, OR
I moved to Portland, OR with the intent to buy a SFH & house hack or purchase a multi-family. However, Portland has declined substantially in terms of homelessness taking over every neighborhood, trash piles every...
Matthew McNeil
Are you willing to invest in RE appreciation with 2 caveats?
The context being today's market.Assumption: the new asset would be in addition to your existing positive cash flowing portfolio.Requirement: the new asset’s cashflow cannot be negative. It must at least break even a...
Steven Gesis
Tenant moved out and so did the mechanical equipment... more....
Recent tenant eviction, although they are rare in my world, they do occur once in a while, this one was like no other one before, tenants of (3) years, stopped paying the rent, we had to evict the tenant, the tenant m...
Tiffany Roberts
I hate my rentals- should I just sell and be done with this game?
I'm looking for opinions on if I should sell my rentals. I have 5 single family homes and I hate them. They are under quasi-management (long story) and largely I don't have to babysit them, but every notice of an issu...
Walter Key
We're in a "Bizarre Market"...Thoughts on a Recent Article
National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun recently wrote an article stating that we're in a "Bizarre Market" in which he stated "With a strong economy and the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, m...
Chris Moriarty
Cold Calling is Dead? Really?
Upon joining up with Bigger Pockets, I logged on to see an advertisement that said "cold calling is dead" that was advertising a book. While it looks attractive, the data simply doesn't support this proposal. In a...