Hi everyone,My wife and I are currently shopping for our first property (for ourselves) in Atlanta.  We are looking at it from an investment perspective and are open to distressed properties that would need work.  Tha...

I am about to experience my first vacancy and would like any feedback/input from anyone experienced. I live in a tenant friendly state(Oregon) and the application process makes me nervous when it comes to potentially ...

Hi All,I working with a property manager for renting out my first-ever property. One of the applicants who is interested will be moving to find a job and has a guarantor (her family) on the lease. I initially said no ...

Hello,I have been researching the best ways to collect rent.  I am not crazy about the old fashioned way mailing the rent to me.  I was looking for the best way to collect rent.  Are there any free software to collect...

Will I am clayton wilson with a desire to learn and succeed. I bet I am the oldest newbie! How about 68 for a start ( that is body age not mind) Spent 35 years working in the rail industry as sales rep. Loved my job! ...

I am new to Bigger Pockets. Just signed up tonight in-fact. I have been listening to their pod casts for about 2 days straight now.I am the daughter of a real estate investor who this year turned 40 with 2 small child...

This is my first rental in a B/B+ 4bd/2.5ba area asking 2k rent. 2k deposit.  Pet friendly.  No evictions. No felonies. Owner pays trash, water, utilities. Responsible for mow and snow. Using mysmartmove to screen. I'...

I have a property on a somewhat busy 4 lane street that has VPD count of 18,000 and 5 mile population of 192,000 according to a listing close by. Is that high or low in terms what companies are looking for? What I'd l...

There is a property (SFH) I am looking at that has a rental property (2br apt) in the back yard sitting on top of a garage- the entire property is actually zoned as a single family dwelling, but I was told by the owne...

Hi all. I've been a member of BP for awhile now. But I'm just getting a chance to introduce my self. I posted somewhere else but i think it was in the wrong forum. Anyway I've been wanting to get involved in real esta...