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Hey BiggerPockets investors,
I have a question for everyone (but mainly active duty military/veterans). What kind of strategies did you use to start your REI career, whether it be using your VA loan, buy n holds, reha...
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I have 60k cash saved up to put into use. I live in Staten Island a rough area in real estate! It’s expensive here so just trying to here what some people would do with 60k the best way to make it stretch and put it i...
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I am an out of state landord and have been working with a property manager on one of my properties for about two years.
He has been great at keeping the place rented, getting decent bids on repairs, doesn't upcharge ...
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Hey Community!I am interested in purchasing real estate out of state (live in SF) and was leaning towards using a turn key outfit just for simplicity. I understand that there are some good ones and some bad ones and h...
I am an aspiring real estate syndicator looking to invest in apartment buildings around major universities, and renting them out to a niche group of university students. Based on my research, I feel this is a group...
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Here's my situation:I'm closing on a three family house in Massachusetts for December 4th. Currently the first and third floors have tenants, the second floor is vacant. Both current sets of tenants have lived in th...
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I want to run background & credit checks on potential tenants, and I'm trying to choose between Transunion's SmartMove vs. Cozy's Tenant Screening.I expect many here are partial to SM as they appear to have been a...
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Hey BiggerPockets Community,
I am having some issues with overcomplicating my analysis' right now. If the numbers look "too good" I feel like I may have not accounted for something or am overvaluing a certain aspect ...
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Hello,I am a software engineer who works remotely and lives in Jersey City. I am planning to invest in a house hack using the FHA loan. I have close to 50k to invest by Feb 2024, that is when my current lease ends and...
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It seems to me in California at least it is hard to get an agent to take offers very seriously. With all the DRE hoopla Negative articles being published everyone is afraid to get involved :roll:
Regardless how you ...