Alicia Marks
QOTW: What is your “Why” for investing?
Thank you to everyone that has shared their thoughts in the question of the week so far! As the Community Engagement Specialist for BiggerPockets, I love to see how diverse real estate can be. Being so different, we a...
Leon Green
Property Management Fees: Conflict of interest?
As a property manager I'm familiar with many trends in fees/revenue generating practices that property managers charge. Some of these practices do not align the property manager and property owner's interest. For exam...
Serena Tillman
Best Housing Market - Out of State Rentals
Hi all!My name is Serena Tillman and I’m new to Bigger Pockets. During this pandemic and social distancing, my hope is to truly grasp REI as much as possible to start the process of purchasing my first property at the...
Vanessa Hammonds
First Deal: Buy & Build New Construction - is that crazy!?
Well, it's finally happening! I dipped my toes in a project a few years back but I'm diving all in now :-)In a nutshell I'm looking to...
-Purchase land (0.15+ acres)-Build a new construction home (2100sf, 4bed, 3 b...
Kevin Lefeuvre
VRBO prohibits contacting guests before booking
Bad news announced today. The new release is removing the ability to contact guests by hiding their emails and phone numbers and filtering them in the messaging.Given the fact VRBO is awful in vetting the guests, this...
Katrina Nicole-Ivy
I won two online Baltimore Foreclosure Sale but I bid too high!
Today I won two separate auctions for two foreclosed properties in Baltimore, Maryland. One for $12,100 and the other for $18,700. They both need work as well. To top it off Im using personal loans to pay for them. I ...
Marcos Falcao
Cash flow with rising interest rates
How are you guys able to make deals cash flow with new rates (assuming traditional bank financing)?For example, a retaltively cheap house in the Houston market is listed at $250K. Assuming 6.73% rate, 20% down, 30 yea...
Michelle Bulich
Would you purchase a house that haunted?
I have a feeling this may be the first time something like this has been asked on BP. I am finally about to put a bid on my very first property and it’s a foreclosure. When people say ‘if it’s too good to be true it u...
Lisa Talbot
New Out of state Investing what location is best??
Hi there, I am new to the Bigger Pockets forums and want to buy my first Investment property, ideally a 2-4 multifamily property I would buy and hold with long term renters. I live in Los Angeles so I wont be buying ...
Shane Pearlman
The END of the Suburbs?
With an eye to the future, should we really be buying in remote suburbs, or is that like investing in VHS rental shop in a digital age? I’m seeing what looks like a massive urbanization trend.I am a buy and holder. Ot...