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Hi all!My name is Ali and I'm in corporate housing and short term rental business for 2 years now. I manage 19 furnished apartments in Jersey City with great reviews all over the channels my apartments are advertised ...
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Hi, what would be the requirements if I wanted to have my father (non-owner) manage a property (SFR) for me in MN? Real estate license, background check, other? I went through the tenant/landlord handbook a little whi...
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I see a lot of brokers are good and doing great at what they do. However there are alot of real estate brokers that still say wholesaling is better and there bread and butter. But there are others who say listing prop...
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I would imagine having an experienced and successful person mentoring or guiding you when first starting out is a major plus. Just curious to see how many people actually had a mentor and how significant having one vs...
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Hi BP!
So I have seen so many people discuss the fact that as a landlord you have to pay for your units if the something breaks.
You get a call in the middle of the night and you have to get it fixed.
That sounds m...
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Hi all, I’m new to bigger pockets forum but have been a fan of the blog since maybe 2013. I’ve seen friends achieve success in following its guides and receiving insight from the BP community. I got rid of my social m...
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Hello all, over the past months I have been preparing myself to find a flip and although i knew the end goal was rentals I haven't been really paying attention to how to really run the numbers on a rental. I might hav...
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So I was thinking, does anyone know if there is a contractor that works with investors that would be willing to receive payments after the rehab is completed through escrow or in the case of buy and hold receive payme...
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I looked up what the winning bid for a HUD property was and it was about $131K, they are selling for $157K. The will have owned the property for about 1 month (the auction was 11/28)They claim its a "clean up and sel...
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Hello AllJust getting starting in Real Estate her in Rhode Island and trying to learn as much as I can. Does anyone have any recommendations on good books concerning property management? Any suggestions are appreciated!!