Mike Girard
What about Kensington in Philadelphia?
Philadelphia is proving to be a tougher nut to crack than anticipated. Everything desirable is too high for me, since I would like to pay cash (max 250k) (bad credit risk due to no income) Kensington seems to have s...
Scott Hollister
How rising gas prices and my father’s death have brought me here.
Hello Bigger Pockets Family,My father’s truck is the reason why I joined bigger pockets. It was given to me after he passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 2012. I’m a teacher in a small rural town in Con...
Lisa Miller
THE WHOLE FRONT YARD IS GONE, Mechanic's Lien or Attorney
THE WHOLE FRONT YARD IS GONE, Mechanic's Lien or Attorney?
I bought a house in 92 (Lot A), short platted the property built a duplex (Lot B) and sold Lot C. Flipped and sold the house in 94, with conditions...
Nancy Curran
Dilemma: Should I let commercial tenant expand?
6 unit, 1 commercial space, 5 apartments. 3 units in front, 3 in back. The commercial space is rented to a restaurant on the first floor. Owner of restaurant wants to break through to the apartment in the back of his ...
Zachary Sexton
Live In Flip Deal! Or flop?
My wife and I are under contract on a duplex in the rapidly developing* east side of Austin, TX.We made a $471,000 offer and are approved for a 3.5% FHA loan (as long as the sellers are willing to replace the roof, ad...
Sean Kollee
inner city duplex part 1-4
OK, Im going to run through a project here in its painful entirety - start to finish. I will figure out if I can post here efficiently so it is easy to follow along, text, images etc. I have all the material on my we...
Elizabeth Njuguna
To walk or not on turnkey
Hello! I recently had some inspections done on a turnkey property and got some less than stellar findings back . The biggest item being a Sewerline needing to be replaced . Purchase price for home is $88000, it apprai...
Ryan Monty
What rehab elements tend to increase appraisal value the most?
Specifically in Chicago, any advice on which types of rehab elements an investor in multi-family properties should focus on or give more weight to when deciding how to rehab a multi-family property? For example, in s...
Leigh Ann Smith
VERY delayed payments with VRBO/Homeaway?
We've been using AirBnB for the past year with no problem. Bookings were slumping so we listed with VRBO and got a 2 month reservation within 24 hours. HOWEVER, the guest payed on 5/31, and they say we will not rece...
Gabriel Wertz
Rent My Home; Buy Another Primary
I have very little experience with investing. I purchased a small single family home with a partner 3 years ago that has a nice little cash flow to it.
With that said; I am looking for someone to tell it is OK to hold...