John Smithe
Buying a live-in house as a short term play - good idea?
I have been on the forums and reading up on real estate investing for about 2 years now. I am so ready to get started but, like many others, I find it very hard to pull the trigger when properties are at such insane p...
Asher Knudson
Financing The First Deal
Hi Bigger Pockets Community,I'm just starting out and I think I may have found my first deal that I'm planning on buying and holding. It is sort of a fixer upper though. It's a home built in 1945 in Minnesota. I'm loo...
Ryan Taft
Why is Quicken pushing 15 year mortgages?
Maybe the motive and reasoning is clear to someone else, I'm a bit stumped. Why is quicken pushing 15 year loans? (I keep getting ads from them). Is this some sort of speculation that between inflation and interest ra...
Kyle Soderman
What terms have you seen with seller financing?
Currently looking at a duplex (owned free and clear) and the owner is open to seller financing. Listed for $146,000, rents at 1,840/month.I am wondering what kind of terms people have received on seller financed deals...
Ian Rogers
Real Estate License Setup (Investing Only)
Hey everyone, I have seen a few posts about this in different forums, but I'd still like to get my own going and see what responses I'd get. I am relatively new to real estate investing, but am at a point in my life w...
Ryan Bird
Respond to enquiries from prospective tenants
Just posted an ad and got close to 50 requests asking for showings. Some of them are sending a generic message asking for tour tomorrow. Wondering how you respond? Do you respond to all the inquiries? Trying to find ...
Sage Jankowitz
Great beginner HORTICULTURE book??
Does anyone know of a great beginner horticulture book? Although I'm not a fan of the "for dummy" series, something in a similar vein by a reputable author, that covers a wide array of sub-topics in the the broad subj...
Brady Dawkins
Mobile Home Note
I did a "Lonnie Deal" with a couple about two years ago on a mobile home. They were great buyers: they moved in, fixed the place up and paid the note off early. Now they are looking to upgrade homes. They found anothe...
Matt Daley
Out of State Investing? File a tax return?
I live in PA and have a PA LLC... I am looking at purchasing investment properties in NJ. I was curious if anyone who has done this has had to pay any sort of tax or file a NJ State return? I just want to make sure I ...
Silvie T.
STR -Airbnb and VRBO 90 day max?
Just starting out and looking at STR with Airbnb and VRBO. However,
I read that Airbnb places a max of 90 days you can rent out your
property as a STR and will disable your listing once the max is reached
for th...