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I have been doing Lonnie Deals for a little over a year and have so far been quite successful. I want to take my business to the next level by establishing the documentation and processes that insure compliance with ...
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I'm in the process of studying for my California real estate license. Not for the purpose of becoming an agent (I'm a software engineer by trade), but rather for the purpose of learning more about the real estate indu...
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Hey all. We just closed on our first investment property. My husband and I plan to live there as we rehab the place. The single family home naturally lends itself to creating it into a duplex. Finished product being t...
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so I spent a lot of time searching for an investment property and I finally found one that I liked it's in Cary North Carolina, I put the offer in for 153,000 and can rent it out for 1200 a month based on comps in sam...
Hello bigger pockets. I'm currently looking into buying a 3 family house in a B+ neighborhood in historic federal hill area of Bristol CT. The house has completely been renovated and fully occupied at the moment. I be...
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For those who have rental properties, can you mention what costs you generally cover for your tenants? Do you cover items such as lawn maintenance, extermination, alarm and cable services?Also, do property management...
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This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.
When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...
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I've been involved in Real Estate for a year now. I jumped right in with a Short term rental management company (Liberty City Living). Throughout my time it was very fun to watch the company grow from a mere60 units i...
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Starting a vacation rental business is a potentially great way to grow personal wealth, even if you aren’t a homeowner or if you have bad credit. Making the business successful and maintaining good ratings, however, r...
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A tenant just moved out and when I did the final walkthrough, there was a pet odor, but nothing too crazy. I had my painter come in and paint (he is a personal friend) and I went in the next morning and the entire ho...