Paul Miller
Newbie closes First 2 deals in 6 months - you can too!
I wanted to give a big thank you to the bigger pockets platform especially to that dorky guy Josh and the other guy's name i can't remember (haha) Brandon for providing this sight as both a source of inspiration and i...
Kris Cline
Best Strategy to use $200K in Equity
I have a little over $200K in equity in my personal residence and I'm looking for the best strategy to get my first rental. I'm considering selling my home and using the equity left over to house hack a duplex and pur...
Rachel Kokosenski
Comparison of Fees Charged by Direct Booking Sites?
Has anyone seen a list comparing the fees (if any) for each of the top direct booking sites? Does it pay to be on every single one at the beginning? Or, should I just focus on Air BnB and HomeAway at first? Can you re...
Jeff Chisum
10% Down Second Home/STR Loan Not Dead/Debunking bad info
Revisiting the subject of financing for vacation home/vacation rentals/STR's. 10% down is still an option without having to pay points. There are lenders doing loans outside of Fannie and Freddie. Significance ther...
Kevin Lefeuvre
VRBO prohibits contacting guests before booking
Bad news announced today. The new release is removing the ability to contact guests by hiding their emails and phone numbers and filtering them in the messaging.Given the fact VRBO is awful in vetting the guests, this...
Vinod Sirimalle
Brand new investor from bay area
Hi all,I am a fairly new real estate investor. I have been trying to get into real estate investing for a while, but never figured out how. One day I called up a very good friend of mine, who is a realtor in east bay....
Serena Cross
New Investor in Los Angeles
Hi all, new to investing and would like to own a property by the end of 2023.
Joe Barnett
First post
Hi BP! My name is Joe Barnett. I'm 27 years old and live in Warren, Michigan. I've been on and off the forums for awhile now. I have been also listening to the podcast almost every chance I get. Started at show 1 and ...
Kathryne Omaits
General Q: to the longtime investors and housing providers
Hi BP community:
Twice in the last week on different platforms (Quora and Atlanta House Share) I've seen 2 posts from people saying that if a person is investing/providing housing that they should not be doing it as ...
Doug Fluckiger
Finding MTR tenants
Our plan starting out was to do MTRs exclusively for all the reasons everyone does. The problem is consistently finding tenants. FurnishedFinder gave us exactly one tenant for <30 days and it was a mess (collecting...