Haley Seaton
Advice on buying my first property
Hey everyone!
I am a single young woman in my twenties. I am interested in owning rentals. I currently live for free with my family and want to keep up the trend of free living, so I want my home to cashflow. I am no...
Herman Wu
Managing out of state properties
Hey everyone!I'm new to Real estate investing and have been trying to learn more and more in hopes of purchasing my first investment property. Initially I was thinking about buying real estate in NYC. However, after r...
Matthew Kelm
Hard money lender wanting an upfront payment
I was on BiggerPockets FB page and seen a hard money lender posting an offer of loan services. I contacted this person by the email that he provided. He asked for various types of documentation and sent me a loan appl...
Oren Peleg
Security Deposit Forfeiture?
My tenants are currently delinquent on one month's rent. We have begun eviction proceedings. My question, however, is: Does the tenants' breaking of the lease forfeit the 2 months of security deposit? As in, does the ...
Thomas Cantley
Startup costs and time to profitability for new wholesaling operation???
I'm burnt out on my job and want something flexible / where I can be remote, and been thinking about wholesaling for a year or so now. I know that technically speaking you don't need much capital to start wholesaling...
Amanda Culleton
Property Manager or not ... That is the question
So my husband and I are closing on our first 2 family home in a few weeks in Poughkeepsie, NY. We are trying to get all our ducks in order and are trying to decide if we should use a property manager or one of these w...
Ethan Li
New Investors advice: Dallas/ Rochester/ Houston ?
Hello BP community! I'm a new investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm planning to buy and hold 2-3 out-of-state properties next year for long term investment and would appreciate some professional advice. Cu...
Michele Velazquez
Diversify my investments or stick to the same city?
Hi there,I have 2 MFU's in the Metro Atlanta area totaling 8 doors. I live in California (can't invest here, too expensive, and I am ok investing out of state). I just started investing in late 2022 but my properties...
Soh Tanaka
The idea of starting a low-cost Property Management Company
I had a chance to review a few property management companies in a short period of time, and it made me wonder why they charge so much. Typically the monthly charge was between 8%-10% of the rent. If you rent is $1,000...
Michael Finkelshteyn
Pre-foreclosure list criteria: date of filing or date of auction?
Hello BP,I am trying find out what's more effective for pre-foreclosure list criteria: Date of foreclosure filing or date of pending auction?I would think the auction date has a sense of urgency whereas the the date o...