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Well. Woe is me. Here's the tale of a young, banana-headed investor who leaped fast without the analysis paralysis that so many would-be investors suffer from...
Okay, SO... to start, someone recently ask...
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I just got this text from one of my tenants. They have decent (not great) credit, have always taken ownership in the property (maybe now I know why?), and never been late on their payments. They're fully-employed, a...
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Hey everyone,My husband and I are looking into investing in our first single family or multifamily home. We are practicing more with the calculators and assessing deals but I'm sure there are plenty of things we have...
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Hi everyone,
Has anyone dealt with purchasing properties in FEMA declared flood zone? Any word of advise besides additional expense on flood insurance. Many properties in CO got flooded last summer and were c...
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With apologies to J Scott - typically, my team and I refer to our houses by the street number. In this case, we have two houses side-by-side, and referring to them by the street number is confusing everyone... so we'r...
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I'm a in a great spot, yet somewhat stagnant. Like many others here I feel the market is pretty expensive right now and that a correction is near. I own a small house in Santa Barbara, CA that now has about .5 mil of...
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Hi Friends, I'm a huge fan of the collective wisdom of BiggerPockets, and wanted to seek out a few ideas. There is an apartment building listed on the MLS that I've been fantasizing over for several weeks, and after m...
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Hey guys I have been listening to a lot of podcasts and many of them talk about frugality and saving money or being cheap. I was always raised to believe that being cheap is expensive, sure you may save money right no...
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I am working with a realtor who has sent me a list of properties on the MLS. I have done a walk through on several of the properties, sent her my offers, and before she writes up the contracts her broker is asking for...
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I would love to hear what is causing concern to you in this part of the cycle. I've heard from many investors that they waited until the market went into a correction. We all thought the market was at a high in 2019, ...