Ray B.
What am I doing wrong?!
https://www.zillow.com/homedet...I have been listing this home in Portland Maine for over a month now with very little requests from reasonable applicants. I just purchased this home and the first time I have tried to...
Bienes Raices
Going through listing agent for normal sale
When you have a normal sale (not REO or SS), is it still a good idea to go directly to the listing agent and have them act as a transaction broker? Or is it better to use a buyer's agent since the contract and negotia...
Michelle Martin
Property from hell!!! Advice needed
To make a long story short, I just purchased a SFR out of state that was occupied with a long term tenant. Well the tenant decided to move out a week before escrow closed. On their way out, they left a few broken wind...
Garrett F Anderson
Running the Numbers... Good or Bad Deal?
Before I make my first purchase I think it will be beneficial to run the numbers on as many properties as possible, but how do I know if my numbers are right or not? I was hoping to provide the numbers for an example...
Angel Vargas
BRRRR in Indianapolis, Indiana
Hi All -My name is Angel Vargas and I am proudly a new member of the BP family. Unfortunately, I am from a tenant friendly state (NY). And while I am not new to out-of-state real estate persay, I am new to out-of-stat...
Xun He
Very frustrated with terrible terrible tenants, two in a row.
Hi Everyone,I felt extremely frustrated recently as a relatively new landlord. I had unbelievably bad luck to meet two very bad tenant families in a row in 3.5 years as a new landlord. Because of my first tenants allo...
David Robertson
Foundation issues, have gotten quoted 5-16 piers, what should I do?
I have a foundation that has settled around 3" on the back corner of the house that I am trying to flip. We are building a retaining wall and going to underpin the foundation with concrete piers. My issue that I am ...
Bodhi Tree
Bethesda Deal Analysis
Hi everyone,This is my first post on BP ever.Goal: Rental Investments that beat stock market ROI @ 10% (my IRR). I am an options trader, decent with numbers and get 20% cash on cash with non-directional, non-speculati...
Garlin Smith
If you had $50K to start your real estate portfolio....?
Hey BP community, I'm a new BP user and have been following the discussions/forums from the experienced investors and have been learning a lot. But I realize there's a lot of investment strategies which can be overwhe...
Jasmin Garcia
Out of state search for a multi family home
Hello, My name is Jasmin and I am new to the forum. I've been listening to Bigger Pockets for quit a while now and I am interested in building a real estate portfolio. I live in NY and prices here are extremely high s...