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Early in January, our duplex caught fire, destroying the bottom unit. We fully renovated it and placed the tenants. This is our best performing property and I really don't want to sell it, but after getting a notice a...
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Hey Everyone,My wife and I are having a very lively debate about turnkey vs. non-turnkey. Hearing all the turnkey success stories really fuels the debate but then I go in and read an inordinate number of thread where...
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Hey Everybody,It feels good to finally say that I completed my first real estate transaction! I joined biggerpockets early last year and started learning as much as I possibly could.. maybe even for a little too long....
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We begun an eviction on Monday with some tenants. I sent them an email explaining the process had started and that no partial payments will be accepted from this point forward. The next day they sent a few hundred buc...
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Vegas just moved way up the list for landlord friendly.. take that an no great weather issues and some of the absolute lowest prop tax's no income tax and now a company that can deal with squatters the way they shoul...
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Does anyone else have these rental registration programs where the City forces you to pay a yearly fee to register your rental property?
Where they force you to allow a city inspector in every time a tenant moves in....
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I’m playing with the idea of buying for cash flow and for occasional vacation use in either of these countries. I saw (online and YouTube) a couple very nice developments in Cebu (Mactan Newton) and Manila.
I have n...
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I purchased a duplex across the street from my parents because the tenants (no lease/subletters) are nasty/high/rude to my parents and all neighbors on the street. Listed tenants moved out. I worked with the previous...
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I just read the Housing Wire article stating they are going to extend FHA Forbearance into December 2021 for “certain borrowers.” Stuff like this is why in my humble opinion everyone holding their breath for 2021 to l...
Anyone here on BP who is 18 - early 20's trying to figure out real estate investing/in the process of making their first investment? I'm right there with ya. What are you currently interested in investing? It would...