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Hello all,Newbie to bigger pockets making a jump into my first flip. First a little bit about me, I am a licensed general contractor with over 10 years of experience working on mostly commercial projects, I have done ...
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Looking in the near future to get my first investment property and leaning most towards going the Air BNB/STR route. Is this even the best route? Or is LTR better in your opinion?I am wondering which property type is ...
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Hi everyone!! Thank you for reading!A little about me: I've saved money for years to buy my first prop and will short term rent/Airbnb. My budget is around $500-700K. I'm preapproved up to $1M but that's a level of ri...
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I purchased a long distance short term rental from a 'turnkey' provider back in December 2021. I went through the purchase process 100% remote, and my property manager has been doing the set up and staging. After bein...
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I'm just curious, do most of you keep your day job and invest part-time, or REI is your full-time occupation? If you still work a normal full-time job, when and how much time do you need for your investing?
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San Diego has voted to end Short term rentals in San Diego starting mid 2019. As a buy and hold investor and local to San Diego, Im curious what opportunities if any this might provide for my wife and I who would like...
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Hello,I recently came to the conlcusion that there had to be a better way to invest for my future. I started asking the right questions, and those questions eventually led me to BP. This site is an amazing collection ...
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This topic comes up frequently on BP and it is something I am currently wrestling with for some new projects I have found. What percentage of your net worth are you willing to risk on any given type or set of project...