Tony Nguyen
Am I Over-Leveraging?
November last year, I bought a vacant 9 unit for $210k, put in $40k to renovate and after fully leased, it appraised for $440k. In April, I pulled out 80% or $318k and used $200k to pay off the private loan of the 9 u...
Ketan Patel
Background check website and how long?
I am using Cozy.co to do my background checks among other things. While the credit check normally comes out instantly the background checks are taking up-to 5 days (for someone with past issues). Cozy.co uses another ...
Mike Lynch
I need some help before getting into a potential mess!
Hi Everyone,I have a 2 unit, 2000 sq ft. commercial office building, which is empty now. We purchased it this past summer. Each unit is 1000 sq ft. separated by a long wall. There are two glass front entry doors abou...
Account Closed
Business cards
I'm going to a real estate investors meetup in about 2 1/2 weeks from now and I need some ideas on creating a good business card as a way to get my name out there. Aside from the basics such as name, company, address,...
Michael Gansberg
Does Government Have it Wrong...AGAIN?!?
[Disclaimer: This is an apolitical post, I'm a moderate of neither the Republican nor the Democratic party.]What do people think regarding the "Renter's Bill of Rights" proposed by Biden? It's yet to be solidified, bu...
Luis Lopez
Career Change Ideas
Hello all:I've been sinking my head into this REI world for the past 3 months trying to find ways to earn more money on the side. Not sure if this happens to all newbies and/or of this is just a typical reaction to s...
Phillip Johnson
Tax benefits Canada
Hi guys,I'm fairly new to bigger pockets and haven't seen a thread on Canadian tax benefits to investment property. I'm originally from the UK with a small portfolio and am now looking to relocate to the Nova Scotia a...
Marie Fox
Buyers agent rude lost deal for his client
I am a seller of a property and I refused to extend the closing date of the property I am selling. I did so because of an email that the buyers real estate agent sent to our real estate agent. Basically it told me I h...
Danielle J.
Reinforcing No Pets?
I will enter escrow on Monday and recently viewed units and noticed that two tenants have dogs and the owner currently has a no pets policy. One tenant tried to hide that they had a dog but the unit had a pet smell an...
Ashley Harris
The Oldest House
Hi everyone! I was wondering, what is the oldest house you've flipped? It would be great to see before and after pictures as well if you have them!Ashley