James Olympia
Out of State Investor - How to verify if property is C or B class
Hello everyone. I'm an out of state investor from California and I'm ready to buy in Columbus, OH. My financials are set, I have a Property Manager and Realtor. My only concern is how to verify if the property for sa...
Max Balesteri
Advise for starting an out of state buy and hold investing portfolio
Hello everyone,I recently found and signed up for this great site. So far I've been reading a lot of posts and figured it's time for me to get involved a little more.I recently started my research for putting together...
David Olson
Temple / Killeen / Ft. Hood Texas Market
My wife has a close friends who's family moved to Temple TX about a year ago. It wasn't until this past weekend that I began to run a search on the MSA in the Temple / Killeen area. The outlook according to the data I...
Kirk R.
Prices - Menards vs Lowes vs Home Depot
I'm a fan of Menards. They always seem to have super good deals when things go on sale. I haven't shopped HD or Lowes too much.Since I'm a veteran I get a 10% discount at HD. Then I've been buying a few HD gift ca...
Charlie Huynh
Starting Out in the SF Bay Area
Hey everyone, I've decided to get into real estate investing and have started to do a ton of due diligence and research on the topic. I have gained a lot of information here on BP and wanted to thank all the contribu...
CHARLES SIMPSON
Mexico land of opportunities
Always due your own due diligence. Also diversify....never put all your eggs in one basket again.
May 2004 to May 2009 DOW 30 stocks 20% LOSS
May 2004 to May 2009 Mexican Bolsa 130% GAIN
May 2004 to May 2009 U...
Alex Silang
Renovation/furnishing costs of an STR
So I've heard this can run you a lot - around $30,000 for the average sized home of $400,000 in the area I'm looking at. So that means if my downpayment is $80,000, $30,000 is really going to affect things:1) Capital ...
Joe Sanada
New and Considering Income Property in Indianapolis or elsewhere
Hi there!My wife and I bought a condo in Southern CA in 2010. Since then we have renovated it and we now have a significant amount of equity (about $250k). We are thinking about selling and moving somewhere with a LCO...
Nick Albin
Where to buy materials?
Hey guys. Just curious about a few things.
I am gonna start sprucing my house I live in up a bit soon. I was curious, as to where you guys buy your materials? Bassically any certain places where you might be able t...
Mason Keith
Home Depot 6AM trick
Not sure if all out there are familiar with this, but J Scott suggested a great idea for finding better than standard contractors by going to your local Home Depot at opening and talking to the contractors that are th...