Jack T.
Bakersfield, CA long term
I've been looking at some properties in Bakersfield and am concerned about the long term prospects for the area. One example is the following article
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36595888
What are your thoughts?...
Aroldo Villarreal
Accounting on Excel, what am I missing?
I have been looking everywhere for an excel template for keeping track of my expenses, income, and reflecting monthly cash-flow for my SFR investment but have not found anything that suits what I'm looking for, so I d...
Patrick M.
And another landlord feeds the Cancel Rent fire! Brooklyn
A few days after losing his job in March, Paul Gentile was throwing away trash outside his Brooklyn apartment building when he noticed a new sign hanging near the front door.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, whic...
Jeff Something
Why do so many real estate people show their pictures?
I was at a coffee shop the other day with a very good friend, and she was flipping through one of the local weekly papers, and she asked why so many brokers put their pictures in their ads. I couldn't offer any good i...
Michael D.
AB 1436 - Additional tenant protections
Since I'm still new here I figured I should start contributing by sharing this to the group. A bill pending with the California legislature just came across my desk, AB 1436. A link and a summary appear below. It's...
Gabriel H.
Purchased my first property!
I just purchased my first property ever thanks to BiggerPockets! It's a B-class duplex in Texas that needed very little work to be ready to rent. Purchased it for $194k and closed my funding on June 1 and put up ads...
Rick Abelson
Value-Based Land Planning
A few years back, I was involved with helping a land owner master plan a 30-acre parcel in Las Vegas just off the Strip, near the MGM Grand Hotel. The parcel was zoned for casino uses and also had potential for hote...
Gabe Goudreau
How Is IRR/XIRR Affected By Refinancing & Selling?
Hey Everyone,
I've been building an Excel financial model that can quickly analyze potential value-add multifamily projects and I've run into an issue that I wasn't expecting - when calculating the returns, do you t...
William Hendrix
Rental abuse by not informing the landlord of numerous pets
We are newbie landlords. We rented our double wide manufactured residence for $1000 a month through a rental management company. We were asked if the tenant could have two small paraqueets or love birds ( the rental c...
Account Closed
Supporters of gay rights have held numerous protests since the vote
BBC News, Los Angeles
Supporters of gay marriage march in Los Angeles on 9 November 2008
Waving rainbow flags and placards, thousands marched through eas...