Margie Kohlhaas
Stessa for Managing Real Estate Data?
Has anyone tried using Stessa? It seems like they offer quite a bit for free but since they were just acquired I'm wondering if costs will increase. I plugged in my basic info and it generated a nice dashboard. I woul...
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Airbnb All The Time For Real Estate Rentals
I've been using Airbnb for vacations and found myself wondering if people put up their properties permanently on Airbnb. Seems like a bit of a pain in the a* with having to clean and offer the full "works" every time ...
Ben Carpenter
Popcorn Ceilings
What is the process for removing "popcorn" drywall from a ceiling and will this be worth the cost of doing so? I plan on painting the entire house as well as new floors on most of it. I will be living here for a few y...
John Fulton
Own or Rent Paradox: Your home is not an investment
There is a lot of commentary surrounding the topic of whether to rent or buy (Regarding personal residences). A roof over your head is an expenditure. The rent-or-own paradox is about losing the least amount of money ...
David Gellner
Quickbooks Tutorials for Landlords?
Hi everyone,
I've searched biggerpockets and couldn't find many recommendations for tutorials on how to setup quickbooks for rental properties.
Google and YouTube tend to show either short clips or irrelevant info...
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First Flip. How important is a general contractor?
About close on my first house, was a hoarder house and going to need a lot of work. I want to hire a general contractor, I feel a good GC would help speed up the flip which would limit holding cost and help get a good...
Chester Knapp
old home (poorly) converted to duplex - fix up or make do?
I own a 115 year old house that was converted into a duplex when a 2nd unit was added upstairs in the 90s. It was not done well, there is a hodgepodge of 'handyman/diy" work throughout, and I'm trying to decide if we ...
Doug Seaney
Incorrect legal on a Freddie Mac purchase / encroachment
So we just bought a 3 bed 2 bath house from Freddie Mac for $24k (cash purchase). Yes a major fixer upper! I was telling an acquaintance about it and he said "oh you bought that?, I heard the bank foreclosed on the...
Jim Goebel
Extremely Petty Neigbor during Renovation - what to do?!
So, wow.A neighbor next door, let's call her Jewel-EE - seems to be on a mission of sorts. That mission so far as I can tell is to be as silly and petty as she possibly can be during the process of us renovating the ...
Rich Weese
Donate to BP
I'm in shock!! I just noticed that there is a section where you can donate. I hope it isn't up to date. It says there has been a grand total of $797 donated since Sept of 2007!!! That is ridiculous. All of the heavy h...