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Hello BP members,First of all I'm so glad I've ran into BP. Never heard of it until I was searching around for real estate investing and saw the amount of information that BP had to offer. My wife and I bought our fi...
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Hello All,
My name is Laretta Young and I currently reside in Los Angeles, CA. I am new to real estate and am excited to be a part of the BP community. I look forward to networking and building relationships here. ...
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My husband and I are looking for rental properties. We would like to BRRRR but we live in the NorthEast. Prices are SO high here that for our first (well second, we had a 2 family in the past) investment I'd hate to...
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This thread was prompted by the discussion in "To buy or not to buy owner occupied multi-family in Boston suburbs" on continuing to rent in an poor investment home market while owning cash-flowing properties in a good...
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I’d like to share with you what we’re doing with our properties to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on our properties, with the hope that you can use some of these ideas and strategies on your own properties. If you have ad...
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I have an agent that has been finding properties for me. Is it ok for me to contact the selling agent with questions I have about the property? or do I need to funnel those through my agent?
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Hello BP!I am researching property management fees and just spoke with an agent who claimed property fees in the Smokey Mountain TN area (typically STR's) were typically 20-30% of rental income. This seemed wild compa...
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Any suggestions for markets for STR with a property in the range of ~550K? I have no experience with short term rentals but I'm investing in Cleveland with Holton Wise on a property that we're going to be using as a S...
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Hi,
My name is Suzette. I am new to BiggerPockets, but not new to real estate. I have been in the business since 1996 when I started out as an agent in Las Vegas, NV; and over time evolved into the investment side of...
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Hi Everyone, I am a new wholesaler (started about 6 months ago) in Central Massachusetts. I had someone call on one of my online advertisements (for the sake of this forum: Joe Smith). The gentleman has a property ...