Cameron Ysidron
Having trouble determining what my terms are on a deal
There is a four plex that came on the market in a great neighborhood in my area, which seems to be pretty rare in today's market. I'm really interested in taking this property on as my first deal, but I'm really strug...
Amanda Scully
Mastering My Market: Where Should I Do My Research?
I'm a new investor starting out, so I am trying to do as much research as possible to really know my market well. I'm in Essex County, NJ and looking to invest within the state. What kind of research do you suggest? I...
Nathan Gesner
Do Zoning Changes Impact Property Value?
I already know that a change in zoning can directly impact the value of a property, but I'm looking for more than personal knowledge.BACKGROUND: I have a client involved in a zoning dispute with Planning and Zoning.Th...
Gary Abrams
PM software or app, to organize for a secondary manager to take over
Hi, I own two warehouses with 3 siblings, and we have 3 tenants in the buildings. I'm the sole manager of the business and the properties. Currently I'm looking for some kind of methodology, software or app, that I ca...
Jackie Lange
The Artificial Housing Recovery
Interesting articles about what's really going on
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/02/02/warped-distorted-manipulated-flipped-housing-market/
Looks like house flipping (buy, fix sell rehabbers) wi...
Steven Maduro
Lazy landlord series Tiling step by step
Hello Bigger Pockets family I have finally finished my 520 sqft tiling project. I would like to share with you all some tips that I have learned along the way. Hopefully this will help you not make the mistakes I made...
Floyd Orr
3 Questions books have not cleared up?
1. At first which is better concentrating on building a buyers list or go straight for sellers? Why?2. After reading J Scott's book on "Estimating rehab cost". If I follow the book on every deal is that sufficient o...
Craig Micon
Predicting the Future of All Top 50 MSAs
As a new investor looking at markets out-of-state, I found this blog post by @Scott Trench - 2016 Best and Worst REI Markets - to be super helpful. For those who haven’t read it, it provides a ranking of the attractiv...
Mike Davis
Methods to Determine Value of Commercial Property
I see a lot of great methods investors use to determine the value of commercial property. I wanted put them together in this post for reference and I will post this on my blog also in Bigger Pockets:1. Gross Rent Mult...
Taseen Ranginwala
Assessed value vs. Listing price
Hi I'm a newbie and would like to educate myself. I've been looking through MLS listing and see that the listed price/asking price is much much higher than Assesed value of a property. Is there a correlation or should...