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Hello BP,When “Driving for Dollars” wouldn’t it make sense to also get out and knock on the door or leave a note if they aren’t home? Seems like it wouldn’t hurt.Verses only taking the address and mailing them a lette...
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My first post on BP!I have been a 1-property landlord in Madison, Wisconsin for the past five years, and am now checking out a HUD owned property to owner-occupy for a year before selling or renting out. It is in a d...
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For those of you doing new construction, do you use an architect or a drafts person for your your designs? When you start the design, do you know the style you want or does the architect make those decisions? What do ...
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Of course when you become licensed initially there are so many to-do lists and articles to read about what you should do first, it can become very overwhelming quickly. A topic of discussion I have seen on a lot of th...
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I have a building permit on my SFR that was issued 9/22/2016 and it's supposed to remain active for a year. We should be wrapping up our project in a few weeks, hopefully by the end of this month or beginning of next ...
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Hello all! Well it finally happened....we closed on our 20 unit property in Oklahoma on 5/31 and now it’s time for the complete overhaul!!! I’ve already spent months working on a budget, searching the big box stores w...
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I am new to real estate investing, still in the beginning stages of finding my first deal (2-4 unit to house hack). I am from the NW suburbs of Chicago (Palatine, Arlington Heights, etc.) and I am considering direct m...
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These two items came from the insurance inspection and I asked my property manager to get quotes to fix them. This is the quote I got from his contractor'Repair Soffit $2,395.49Tear out side walk and re-pour with broo...
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hello everyone! I have 2 vacant loys side by side in a hot area of Philadelphia. I was wondering if its possible to build 2 structures with 3 condos each? What would i have to look out for as far as zoning? Also wh...
Hello BiggerPockets family, greetings from New Mexico! I started my profile about three months ago and kind of got lost from where to go from there. I had been recently catching up on the BP podcast which by the way ...