Anthony Marini
Rental is getting plenty of showings but no applications
Good morning!My wife and I recently purchased a new home and are planning on making our current home a rental property. I have listed the property on Zillow/Trulia/Hotpads as well as Craigslist. We have what I would...
Roland S.
How Poor Americans get Exploited by their Landlords
It seems to me that the landlords are providing a service for people that need housing, not exploiting them....https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/how-poor-amer...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What is the funniest thing to happen to you in RE Investing
With the stress of the holidays looming, I thought it could be fun to share the lighter side of real estate. What are some of the funniest experiences you've had as an investor? How did you handle it? What would you d...
Ryan Watson
Debate of Subdivision Morals
I'd like to talk about this topic with everybody because I feel its a legitimate problem. WIth a recession upon us we know the housing boom was part of it. Including the fact that some entire housing developments were...
Kareem Lyons
Help Me Save My Career
Hi I know I post a lot on these forums but I really want to gain as much knowledge as possible. I have been in real estate for about 6 months now and have yet to make any real money. I have trouble figuring out what I...
Jennifer T.
Air Conditioning options
I have just had a big blow to morale. I have a SFH with 4 bedrooms and the tenant is on Section 8 in New Orleans, LA. The cooling part of the HVAC system totally died about a year ago (HVAC can still heat house). I...
Kenneth E.
Help me automate my wholesaling processes....
Hey all.
I am thinking about diving back into wholesaling this year on a more aggressive scale. My intent is to send more letters/postcards as well as follow-up with all potential deals (something I was lazy about d...
Michael Herr
No thinset under cement board
Just went to inspect some work and noticed they weren't using thinset to lay down the cement board under porcelain tile.
When I asked the contractor, he asked his flooring guy who had been doing tile for 25 ...
Chad Carson
How will you use real estate to retire early?
Hi fellow BP members. I'm helping Bigger Pockets work on a project about using real estate investing to retire early (aka achieve financial independence).Would you mind taking a brief survey (mostly multiple choice &a...
Derek Tellier
What to do with my 401K?
My situation is that I'm 45 years old and I have a 401K with my current employer. They match 100% up to 3% then 50% up to 5%. So I contribute 5% and get 4%, immediately vested. I've been contributing this for about 13...