Ed Walston
Recommended books to read for a beginner
My son is 16 and wants to start reading books on RE Investments. I would like to give him 5 to 10 that would be a good start. Richest Man in Babylon Rich Dad Poor Dad The Book on Rental Property Investing Set for Life...
Beth Lesage
Waiving a security deposit
I am interviewing several PM companys for my first rental, its long distance. Half of the PM companies do not collect a security deposit. This makes me nervous. Am I overreacting? What is the benefit to a landlord of...
Jody Rouse
How to draft a lease to purchase option on our new home?
If my wife and I decide to move into our next property to fix up and force equity, how safe would we be to put money into improving the property? How secure are purchase option deals? Is there an out for the home ow...
Frank F.
Develop New Construction On Agents Land Listing?
Hi Guys, A partner and I came up with a strategy and want to vet it out / see if anyone has attempted before... The idea is to reach out to real estate agents in my area (Long Island) that have listings of vacant lots...
Adam Karpman
Southern Maine Tiny House STR
Hi All,
I'm thinking about purchasing some land in Maine and placing tiny houses on it for STR. Anyone have any experience?I'm thinking Southern Maine between York and Boothbay. Some on the limitations/challenges I...
Kathy Potter
What are you doing different now?
We all had a reality check 1-2 years ago depending on where you live. The changes in the housing market have had widespread effect, good and bad, on every area of real estate investing.
Can you share what your busine...
Christian Malesic
Congress - Get Out of Our House
You owe it to yourself to check this out and see if the concept matches your beliefs.
A Dell, then Google executive has started this movement to get rid of corruption in DC. His plan is to turn t...
Rick Barbato
Who is Itemizing taxes?
Can anyone tell me if itemizing investment property expenses makes a difference now with the new tax reform?I claim my wife and two kids. I have two duplexes and understand it that if I spend less then 24k in expense...
Paul Bommarito
Paralysis by Infomation
I found BiggerPockets about 2 years ago. It has been an amazing time learning so much about real estate investing and hearing all of the incredible stories from amazing investors around the world.In the past 6 months ...
Tyler Casey
Dollar Cost Averaging and Diversification in Real Estate
Anyone who has studied or done much investing at all has heard of the principles of dollar cost averaging and diversification. These are not flashy principles or get rich quick schemes. These are methods financial p...