Angel Samayoa
Flip or Buy-and-hold?
Hello everyone! My name is Angel and I am new to BiggerPockets. In addition, my partner and I are new to real estate investing. We are out in The Los Angeles, CA area. We have been discussing the possibility of flippi...
Vincent Plant
Early Trouble with contractor
I’m currently brrring a property for the first time. My first order of business is to replace the roof as insurance is requiring me to do it to maintain coverage. I went ahead and got 4 quotes, chose the guy who gave ...
Caito Coloma
Wholesaling in Miami FL Tips Tricks and Advice
Hello BP Fam I live in Miami FL and have decided primarily to focus myself on the wholesaling aspect of real estate. Ive done some flips before in the past and after currently going through a not so good transaction w...
D J Burand
How to handle “potential” domestic violence with property damage
We have a four plex in Anchorage, AK. One of the units is currently occupied by a young male/female couple that is on a 12 month lease. They’ve lived there for roughly 6 months. Screening revealed no prior history ...
Timothy W.
Murkowski and Miller
The more I read about this Murkowski/Miller thing, the less this looks like politics and the more it looks like a personal beef Murkowski had with Palin.
Murkowski rose to her level in Alaska through nepotism and P...
Douglas Armendarez
Code Enforcement
This is an opposite look at eviction. I have some friends that just got a 30 day eviction notice from the city code enforcement office (in California). My question: because this is a safety issue, how does the evictio...
Jake Thomas
How to handle this situation: City Fines and responsibility
Here is the situation.My tenants are normally trouble free except they continually park on the grass to the one side of my driveway. This is a city infraction which the city mails me a letter to let me know of the inf...
Justin O'Malley
Increase our Offer for a Backup Offer?
Hi BP,Here's a situation for ya...We offered 470k for a house that was listed at $440k and we lost (welcome to the Denver RE market). The winning offer was 480k so we lost by 10k. The seller's agent told us we came in...
Josh L.
Increasing security deposit with each rent increase?
Originally, I start off where the security deposit was equal to one month's rent. But, every time you increase the rent, do you also increase the security deposit so that it continues to be equal to the new amount for...
Derek Johnson
Advice needed - can I offer the seller's agent extra commission?
Hi BP community!
We're not working with a buyer's agent and I'm wondering if there is a legit way to make an offer on a property that includes a higher commission for the seller's agent. They just dropped the price o...