Michael Evans
Pre-Construction Flips
I want to get some feedback on an investment strategy I used in 2003-2005 that I call the "pre-construction flip". It works like this:Identify high appreciating markets (greater than 12% annual)Identify home builders...
Frank Apap
Price to rent ratio
Total newbie here, considering buying a property to rent (two family home) and hold for 5-10 years before selling.
I'd like to have a break even or positive cash flow and was wondering if there was a rule of thumb of...
Dean Attali
Dealing with a very expensive demanding new tenant - suggestions?
Hi BPI'm a new landlord after purchasing my first SFH in September, and my property manager placed a tenant in the house starting November 1. In the 7-8 weeks that the tenant has been there, there hasn't been a single...
Ram Chandrasekaran
Renting my House - General Suggestions requested
Team
We have decided to rent our house (that we live in) and move to South Bay in CA. We are planning to rent a house there and NOT buy one. Well, thats the discussion I had with Wheatie and Christian. Anyways, have a...
Engelo Rumora
How I Said “$#%@ It” & Retired in the Bahamas at 28 Years Old
G'Day Bigger Pockets,I hope you guys are smashing your goals for this year.I wanted to inspire you today and share my success story. This is one of the proudest moments of my life as a business owner and entrepreneur....
Account Closed
FL MORTGAGE BROKER: LIST property to sell fast and save too
As a Florida Mortgage Broker for a long time now and like other Mortgage Brokers who've been in the business since the 90s, I've been involved directly or indirectly, on many thousands of purchases deals.In this selle...
Kyle Joseph
Short-term Rental / AirBNB - How are you doing?
How are the short-term rental / AirBNB investors faring? At what point in the future are you seeing your bookings start to pick back up? Are locals picking up any of the near-term unmet demand? How are pure vacatio...
Tina D.
Buying and holding at market value??
Hello everyone, I am new to Bigger Pockets and the real estate investment world. I have been reading, studying, creeping on the forums, listening to podcasts, etc. for months am finally feeling prepared and ready to s...
Mike H.
I HAVE TO VENT!!!!
Holy cow. This is just one of those scenarios that I think only fellow BP members could truly appreciate the nonsense. And it was something that I'm absolutely on fire about. It was either vent here or lose my mind. ...
Gayla Kemp
Investors, do you own your personal home or rent?
I have been listening to podcasts and youtubes and I keep hearing people say that investors should not own their own home, they should rent. Can someone please explain the logic behind this. I have 55% equity in my ...