David Ripplinger
Indianapolis teams with conflicts of interest?
I'm new here on Bigger Pockets and to real estate investing. This question may just as well apply to any other hot market, but currently Indianapolis is the one I've been looking at.I've been noticing that there are m...
Briana Phelps
Is becoming a part time real estate agent worth it?
I have a full time job selling RVs, but I want to do real estate on the side, is it worth it if I am not dedicating full time to it? Any advice helps!
Douglas B.
Do you run background checks on ALL tenants, or just the one signing the lease?
(a sub30kclub topic)
I'm thinking about renting a duplex to section 8 tenants. To protect myself, I'm thinking about insisting on running a criminal background check on every person who will be living in the...
Steven S.
Does buying at a certain part of the year make more sense/$?
I have a lot of residential market data for California and recently put this together, quite shocking!Developer #1 & #2 are competitors who both buy projects at a 20% estimated return level. They do the same fix &...
Bryan Hancock
Why Do Investors Ignore Cash Sitting Idle In Their "Return" Calculations?
I have observed that investors consistently IGNORE the fact that their time sits idly in a bank account when they tout their "AROI" on their projects. This is quite puzzling to me and I was wondering why people do it...
Michelle Black
Help! Tenant won't pay, lawyer won't respond!
I'm going to start off by saying that we've made a lot of mistakes. My husband bought a house many years ago and had a family member live in the house. A year ago this family member came to us and said that she can no...
Atul Mohlajee
Tenant late every month for the last seven months
I have a tenant with a yearly lease expiring in November 2014. She has been severely late in rent payments for the last seven months. Gave her a 5-day notice every month. She pays partially and late but pays till e...
Neal Hamil
First time landlord with a nightmare potential new tenant.
New to this whole thing so please be gentle.Im honestly scared of being sued.I did the research and jumped in with both feet...twice. I actually bought my first two rental houses at the same time and went through the ...
Travis Shaw
Notes, Crowdfunding investing vs. tangible property investing
I was hoping to get thoughts from other BP members who may have experience in investing in crowdfunding type opportunities such as Realtyshares, Realtymogul, Fundthatflip, the Noteshop etc versus using fix and flip or...
Bob Asad
Would You Still Buy SFH If It Lost You Money MoM?
Let's say you put 15% down on an investment property (2nd SFH, New Construction) and with property taxes, homeowner's insurance, and PMI the monthly mortgage is $4,300However, in the market (location), most of the ren...