Xavier Wofford
nightmare in Virginia Beach, VA
Good afternoon BP,I recently just purchased my first condo in the Hampton roads area in February 2016 and for the first two months everything was amazing.....come May anything that could go wrong did. I planned for ...
Allison W Gammon
A/C system will only last another 2-3 years
Hi, I am in the process of purchasing a 3 family. The house is 130 years old, so I understand that there will be inevitable issues. The central AC wasn't working, so the sellers offered a $5000 credit for me to repa...
Anna Buffkin
The Ugly Side of Investing: When everything goes wrong!
Long post warning!!
While there are plenty of success stories, everyone likes to hear about the struggles especially when its not them. Here is my tale
It begins pleasantly enough August 3rd. My husband's aunt had...
Tim Phillips
Tenant broke lease, said they moved and left their things.
Hi,We have a tenant that was late on rent and I could not get a hold of, they finally got back to me today via text(week late on rent) saying they have moved out of state and will not be returning and have mailed the ...
Gregor B.
Introduction of a first-time investor from overseas
Hello BP community!
My name is Gregor, I'm in my mid-30s and from Austria/Europe. My interest in US RE was awakened back in 2008 during our road-trip through Florida when my wife and I travelled to the US for the fir...
Inna Young
Illegal Tenant in the Property Purchased
On August 29, 2019, my friends had a closing on theirs new investment property. Right after the closing they tried to get in and discovered the original lock had been removed. They found parts of the old lock on the...
Astrid Dymond
Applicant offers to pre-pay a year's rent in cash
I just had a prospective tenant tell me that he would want to pre-pay the yearly rental fee in cash upfront because "that is just the way he does business." My gut tells me that this is a red flag. I would still scr...
John Thomas Robinette III
The Gentrification Issue
I did a quick search in the forums and couldn't find a discussion about gentrification. I live in New York and this is a HUGE issue because basically the only "affordable" real estate is in primarily minority areas. T...
Steven Maduro
Help I need to bump rents $ 200
Hello bigger pockets familyI have a problem My areas rents have increased far past my own mentality In assessing the valuesI have properties in Decatur GaZillow and rent ometer say that I should be charging 900-1300 o...
Stephanie Z.
Considerations re: commercial RE lease/sale/business sale . . .
Background:My husband and I own a 5 acre parcel of commercial land. It houses our business, but that building & parking, etc. only take up maybe half an acre to one acre total. The rest is pretty much just sitting...