Price Peeler
New Investor: Family Home Acquisition and Rental Strategy
_Hello everyone. I am new to biggerpockets.com and looking to learn and make some investment decisions. There are a few strategies I have been researching, I would like to share my thoughts and receive feedback. I hav...
Tony Schober
Pics of a $25k SFH rental purchase?
Great site. I have been reading through all the past posts, and have noticed that many of you like lower priced housing to use as cash flow properties. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this $25k figure ...
Bill Hinshaw
Our First Flip
Purchase price - $255,000Expected rehab - $80,000Expected ARV - $425,000Actual rehab/carrying costs - $155,000Actual sell price - $525,000Profit - $76,400Time to complete – 7 months to get on market, 9 months to close...
Alex Johnson
Quick Opinion on an underperforming property?
Hoping to tap into some of the insight and wisdom of the community to find possible options for my underperforming property. Before Bigger Pockets, I bought/over paid for a condo in 2009 as a primary residence on an a...
Lou LaMedica
Winchester Virginia area -suitable for NoVa investors?
My wife and I are looking to invest in our very first rental property this year. We have been studying up as much as possible and I believe that we have a plan. Our primary residence is in the DC metro area so we are ...
Kalen Jordan
How passive are passive rental properties?
I'd love to hear from people that have done a significant amount of rental property investment with property management.I know that in theory you don't really have to deal with much since you're paying for property ma...
Mike Franco
One month security is never enough. Why not collect more?
Most rentals in my area only charge security deposit equal to one month rent. They don't collect last month rent up front either.
Renters in my area have taken this for granted, and some are boggled by why I charge 1....
Tanya F.
Diary of our upstairs- personal residence
This is a little late starting, but I'll catch up quickly from planning to mid-project in this first post.We have a small house, started off at 750 sq ft when I bought it. I've added a sunroom (in 1995) and extended o...
Lara N.
Long-term consequences of allowing a smoking tenant
Hello everyone,I own a one bedroom condo in a desirable neighborhood & I will be leasing my unit very soon. I already had an interested prospective tenant view the property & he's quite interested.He has a sol...
Daria B.
Contractor Payment ($)
A potion of the agreed upon contract was not fulfilled. I expect there may be more before the work is finished.Contract states all flooring will be removed (ie carpet, padding, staples, tacks, linoleum) that is listed...