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I'm curious to better understand some of the nuances around forced appreciation while rehabbing. Some questions include:- When is it appropriate to add an additional bedroom?- When is it appropriate to add an addition...
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to REI. I'm closing on my first rental property October 2.
When do you all start to market your rental? I'm not sure if I can even market something that I don't own yet... I drafted my listing, ...
I've got a great general contractor. In the past 8 months he's worked at 3 of my properties. The first doing odds and ends getting it ready to be sold, maybe about $3000 worth. Then he did a major renovation to the se...
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Hello BP Community,My name is Benjamin Meyer, I'm 24 years old with an ambition to buy and hold multi-family properties in and around the Baltimore area. I live in Baltimore County, specifically Catonsville. I have l...
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I'm researching a way to jump in to my expensive market. A regular 2 bedroom / 1 bath starter home will go for around $250,000 and larger houses can climb in to the $300's to low $400s depending on the area. Every no...
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Greetings BP. I am Aaron from Portsmouth, Va. I am active duty military coming up on retirement and have been sporadically learning about real estate investing over the last 5 years, especially REO's. I bought and re...
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I see many properties advertised these days with unrealistically low expense ratios. Inexperienced investors that are excited to make that first acquisition need to be aware of and understand how to accurately evalua...
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2018 is going to be an amazing year! I have already started a list of goals I want to achieve and things I want to get accomplished. I have asked my friends what their goals are and I am excited by some of the answers...
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Hi everyone - I'll be meeting with a Kitchen Consultant professional this week for a Q&A to answer any general questions investors, developers, and others in the BiggerPockets community might have about creating f...
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Hello Everyone,
This is my first time ever posting on BP. I am a frequent podcast listener and read all of it's material. I am a single 24 years old male ( currently living at home with family to save money) looking...