Dan Franks
Self Directed IRA friendly banks
This might be a dumb question, but I am having a difficult time opening a checking account for my self directed IRA.My custodian advised me to set up a bank account with my SDIRA as the Member (owner) and myself as th...
Omar Ruiz
Death of Direct Mail...Birth to Digital Marketing (Part II)
About 9 months ago, I created a post on BiggerPockets (for those who are interested, check out the post) around how I was choosing to stop this romance with offline marketing (i.e. direct mail, driving for dollars, do...
Scott Trench
NEW Short-Term and Vacation Rental Forum!
By popular demand, BiggerPockets has just launched the new Short-Term and Vacation Rental Forum!Now, as a member of a college fraternity, and and having played with many traveling rugby clubs over the years, I've been...
James Wachob
Out of State Investing Checklist
There are a lot of moving parts when purchasing a rental property. A good real estate professional who is familiar with the area will be able to help you navigate through this list. Why did I create this list? A few...
Jay Hinrichs
Bidens plan to retro fit millions of properties
Well not sure if you folks watched the Debate I mean WTH was that ?Any way.. Biden had some interesting ideas for jobs that related around our industry.. part of that was retro fitting buildings and other up grades ...
Krystal Marquez
Looking for good location to invest ( buy and hold)
Hey guy, I live in Connecticut. I'm just starting as a real state investor. I bought my first property in Tennessee a year ago, now I'm getting ready for the second one, but I want to get more knowledge about inves...
Erin W.
Starting out in LA Scared and Difficulty Focusing
Hi, I've long been *interested* in real estate investing but have always felt scared, young and too poor. I've finally convinced myself that I am able to buy, but would only feel comfortable up to around $300k. I'm ...
Dave Labowitz
New investor from Los Angeles, CA but looking at Indianapolis
Hello everyone! I've already met some great people through the meetup in Santa Monica but this is my first post on the forum. I have investments as a LP in three mobile home parks, 2 in AZ and 1 in CA, but have not do...
Sheena R Roth
Sweet 80 year old tenant can’t afford rent
We are under contract on a side by side duplex near our hometown in Ohio. We just found out that we are inheriting the sweetest 80 year old tenant who has lived in the place for 20 years. Market rent is $950+. This li...
Austin Fox
Self-Manage vs Property Manager
Hello Biggerpockets,As I continue my research into making my first purchase, I have never been a landlord before. I have lived in an apartment so I have an idea what it is like but not from the other side. What are yo...