Elizabeth Garcia
New Member from Cali
Hello Bigger Pockets family!I am a new investor looking to build long lasting wealth for my future! I graduated from California State University, Fullerton about a year and a half ago and am currently working as a Sal...
Belen Gamarra
23-year old Aspiring real estate investor looking for a bit of guidance
Good Morning Everyone!!I have been passionate and set on buying my first real estate property as an investment for a year now. I want to do an owner-occupied House Hack and rent out the units. I have a 750 credit scor...
Jack Middleton
Do all realtors want a pre-qual before showing?
We are wanting to look at a couple places in Florida next week. We asked to see two properties and the realtor wants us to pre- qualify before she will show those to us. It seems that lately when we ask to look, we ar...
Oleg Enik
Income Capitalization Analysis
Hello everyone!I have been studying a lot of real estate financial modeling and analysis, specifically for commercial real estate and I understand all the concepts, terms, and calculations very well.But I am strugglin...
Jin Kim
berkeley rent control
One of agents emailed me a deal today. It's a 6 unit property in Berkeley. All 2 bed 1 bath. 4 of them pay $600 per month which is only about 30% of the market rate. Is this deal something we should avoid? This is som...
Bob H.
How to screen tenants without a hard credit inquiry
For the second time in a row, I have had a potential tenant ask me whether my screening process involves a hard credit inquiry rather than a soft one. Last time, I checked with my screening service, which gives me a s...
Juel Nicholson
What can a 17 year old do in real estate before 18?
Im a 17 year old girl and I plan on getting into real estate. I have (what I believe to be) a pretty strong plan from getting my real estate license to house hacking to eventually full on land lording and retiring bef...
Dustin Keiswetter
Investment Property Flip, Boot Tax Question...
I am close to closing on my first flip. I have paid mostly cash along the way (year and a half) So I am needing to keep some cash out of the 1031 exchange. My question is if I bought the house for 10k and put 30k into...
Sam Choi
Newbie from Silver Lake, Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA
Hello,My name is Sam Choi. I currently live in Walnut, CA near Diamond Bar. I would love to get into real estate. Currently, my dad has 1 4-unit property. So I would really like acquire some properties of my own. I wo...
Jerry Limber
Are these New Lender Fees Legitimate?
Hello all, I am a long time lurker but first time poster in the middle of my first real estate investment deal. I am purchasing a SFR in Florida with 20% down through conventional financing. I found my lender throug...