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Hi everyone, my wife and I are currently working on a live in flip. We are doing really well on keeping cost down however we have come to a point where we need to make a decision on heat. At the moment we have small e...
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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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Have a 4 bed sleeps 9 with an attached garage that is already fully insulated with electric/windows/and two entrance doors. When you are in the garage it has the same walls as the main living areas, so apart from the ...
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Guys, I am 34 years old. I will be selling my ownership in one of my companies for $300k. With this sale, I’m losing $40k per year in salary. I’m trying to see how you would invest the $300k. Here’s my breakdown. I ha...
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Hi folks, I am an out of state investor looking to get started investing in the KCMO area. I'd be interested in getting to know folks, learn more about the area, neighborhoods, strategies, etc. I know there are severa...
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Tenant who has been in the unit for about 2 months contacted me the other day about the in unit stacked dryer being broken. For reference, it's stacked, with the washer on the bottom and the gas dryer on top in a cus...
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So I am currently reviewing a deal that "seems" to fit my criteria. However, I've never evaluated a deal on my own and it's easy to miss things.
I dont know what I dont know. My questions to the bigger pockets communi...
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Greetings BP Nation,I have a Realtor friend who is allowing me to access the MLS. I need to find areas to farm. I know I need to look at DOM to see how inventory is moving, and I know I need to try to compare the ac...
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I renovated my home myself (I'm a contractor) over the course of 2017 and 2018. I rented the property in 2018. I did extensive renovations. I'd like to increase the basis of my home with the cost of items like: Kit...
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The property has underground oil tank, till now, working and providing heat. Will do soil test. But winter is coming. I plan to remove it and replace it with gas heating in next spring. How to protect myself as buy...