Scott Goulet
When do your rentals typically start making money/making sense?
Hi everyone! I'd like to say in a fairly experienced investor, still a newbie at heart though. I have 8 doors over 3 properties. 1 specific property, I purchased in 2019 and in 2019 I took a net $9k loss, and in 2020 ...
Clay Manship
Diary of an FHA 203k Loan Deal
Hello BiggerPockets family!Well, it's official. After a lengthy process, I have finally put my first personal residence under contract. It is a 4-unit apartment building, which will allow me to utilize FHA 203k financ...
Brandon Turner
How Do YOU Find Good Contractors?
Hey folks, I'm working on a blog post for BiggerPockets called "How to Find a Great Contractor" and I'd love some community input!So... how do YOU find good contractors? What's your best tip? (answers may be used in a...
Doug Kenney
Fund & Grow Case Study
Over the past few months I've become aware of Fund & Grow as a financing option (I heard about it on the Clayton Morris podcast), and I was really intrigued by it. Their promise: You give us $3K up front, we'll g...
Allison Panila
Landlord changed the contract after signed
Hey everyone, I was talking to a friend of mine who’s renting a basement apartment from the landlord who lives upstairs. There’s a separate entrance to the apartment. What I found odd is that the landlord wrote into ...
Jo Zhou
An old couple in difficulty and cannot pay rent, what could I do?
Hi, everybody, could you give me some advises for my situation? I have an older couple (in their mid 70s, they are in the wheel chairs), they have been paying the rent on time for 5 years. Lately, they have been late ...
Benjamin Cowles
Would you hire a guy with one leg to do your cabinets?
He seems to know his stuff, has worked on boats all his life, was able to lay out for me in detail a couple options to redo my kitchen and bath cabinets for $12/hr and he'd use me or someone for grunt work. He lives o...
Jeremy Namen
Neighborhood Revival
Hello All! My name is jeremy, and im a relatively new member of this greatly appreciated and informative site. Im thinking that ill be able to get some good advice and/or info on implementing an idea that ive had for ...
Mike Jacovelli
Is it really worth it telling people your real estate goals?
I know its encouraged here to tell your friends and family your goals with real estate. Tell everyone what you want to do and are looking for. My problem is everytime I do, I constantly have to defend myself and the r...
Julian Buick
Why would someone sell a "perfectly good" seasoned performing note for 60-65 cents on the dollar?
I posed this question on a recent forum post and got this response:To address your question we have to pause on the idea that you implied of "perfectly good". Is perfectly good the simple notion of payment history? ...