I may be buying investment property in an art town that is very hip and hot, with prices going up fast. It is still inexpensive to buy but won't be for long. There are problems there with drugs and crime, mostly prope...

BP Nation! Thank You all for welcoming me into the world of BiggerPockets and its relationship growing abilities! I have been a complete addict and listening to every single podcast I could possibly find time for and ...

Shoot it is expensive to have someone come in and refinish floors.  I never had to get a quote before and I had a GC come in today and check out my plans.  He actually told me to scale back a bit and not renovate as m...

Hi all, I'm starting to look at designs for a new build in a small college town, but with a reasonably large student body that drives a lot of traffic in/out of town throughout the year. My family has been in student ...

As a company grows an owner must work on the business and not in the business. This means that the owner must put themselves further and further away from the day to day activities that they once performed when they s...

Good evening Bigger Pockets Community!This is a very exciting and stressful time as I'm about to purchase my first investment property in Tampa FL (waiting on the inspection report to close on the deal!). I'm original...

Newly acquired property.I knew this renovation was going to be a doozy. Although, I didn't know it was this bad. When I went to clean the place after the previous tenant moved out, I learned real quick how bad it was....

I am planning to rent a property in southern california. Here is the situation

1 - I only received 1 application after 6 open houses and dropping the price to market value

2 - the application is an arti...

Hi all. I'm a relatively new landlord and I need your help.My tenants (a couple) moved into my condo in MA a month and a half ago. They just told me they wanted pest control for bedbugs in the unit because one of them...

Hello! We are considering purchasing a home in a college town (where our daughter attends school)  as a long term student rental but turn it into a STR during the summer and winter breaks. We would write this into the...