Jonathan Johnson
6-unit apt, all vacant, cat-lady "tenant", distress Landlord
Hello all,Long time lurker, first time poster so be gentle.I live in a small college town and I found a 6-unit apartment that I'm considering purchasing. I have a friend currently renting there ($600/mo) but he's movi...
Calvin Lin
Zillow now wants $9.99 per week for > 1 rental listing
Happy New Year BP community.I just got an email from Zillow rental manager saying that starting in Feb if I have > 1 rental listing I have to pay $9.99 per week for each listing. This is for the Raleigh NC area.An...
Brianna H.
Benefits of 401(k) over Property?
My husband's and my goal is to eventually use rental income as our retirement income. We currently have one rental home and are looking to have ~10 within the next 20 years. So the question is...what is the benefit of...
Joshua Dorkin
New BiggerPockets Book Launch: Invest in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down! Here's How...
Hey everyone,Just wanted to let you all know that after 6 months of talking about it and planning for it - we've finally released The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down for purchase! This bo...
Tom Suvansri
Investing outside of hometown
I'm just starting out and exploring small multi-families in my hometown and adjacent towns as I'd like to stay close for my first property. Unfortunately, I'm having difficulty finding anything that would actually ca...
Jason Guyton
New to the game, but have a nest egg to invest
I'm almost 50 and just woke up to the power of REI. Kicking myself for not learning about this 30 years ago. But here I am, and I have a decent pile of cash ($120K) and a pretty good 401K. So I'm in a great positio...
Jason Mak
California vs. Texas
Starting this thread after reading through the "Austin is Hot" thread. After reading that thread, the Austin atmosphere looks similar to California. I'm a California investor and certainly a dearth of deals out ther...
Darren D. Ngo
Ask away any construction related questions.
Good morning BiggerPocketers,I have a degree in construction management and currently a construction Project Manager for a drywall company. I have done projects anywhere from a 42 stories luxury high rise, luxury reta...
Benjamin Sulka
Paying a Contractor Before the Work is Done
BP, Recently, a friend of mine was having his flooring replaced and he paid the contractor IN FULL before any work was done. The contractor now won't get back to him and hasn't shown up for work two days in a row. I w...
Philip Hernandez
Lead based paint Seller knew and did not disclose
What's up BP community. I just bought a property that literally 2 days after we closed on it the tenants informed us that the city had cited the owner for lead based paint, and that it had to be remediated. The owne...