Kenneth Sok
One perfect, one not so much. What would you do?
I have an applicant family for one of my rentals. I've been following the 4 criteria. - 3x rent < income- Good references- clean background- No evictionsSo far, the wife passes all criteria. The husband though has...
Shaun Patterson
Being the youngest guy in the room and the stigma with that.
Hey guys I wanted to get everyone's feedback on this type of stigma with young people in the real estate industry. So I've been going to a lot of different meet ups and I have notice that when people meet me they have...
Devin Schmelter
What about bad people who own half a town?
So... not sure really how to say it. But what do you do when you come across or have to deal with a bad commercial landlord. As in this guy and his wife own half the town and the landlord of one of my lawn care client...
Luis Moreno
Importance of a good contractor vs a bad one
Hi Bigger Pockets members,
I wanted to share my horrible experience using a bad contractor.I was an out of state investor at the time living in San Diego while investing in Indianapolis. Had great success buying my f...
Eric Fung
Duct Tape on Plumbing?? How bad is it? How costly??
I know it’s bad...but how bad??? Any plumbing guys out there? Any idea of costs??
Mary Jay
Should I buy this rental?
Hi guys,
So I have lived in a house, in an expensive neighborhood for 10 years, my child grew up there so I am very attached to that house and so is my son. It is 550K now, rented but its too big 5 bdr 3 baths so i...
Account Closed
I just bought my first apartment building(8 units) very cheap.
I just picked an 8 units aparment building for only 25k in cleveland. It needs quite some work but not too bad for me since I got a good reliable guy who will only charge me 5k to get it all rent ready. Any other comp...
Ray Thomas
Why is my home a bad investment?
I have read this several times now, and I understand the premise. I also understand that it is going to depend on what market you are in too and what assumptions you are making, especially for home price appreciation...
Vicente Hernandez
General questions on referral programs
Hey Guys, I work for a property management company here in Chicago and we are expanding our agent referral program. I wanted to get some insight of what many of you brokers/agents have seen in your markets. Would love...
Account Closed
Buying property with student loans
Hi, guys I'm a senior at my university graduating in December. Unfortunately, ill be graduating with a fair amount of student loans. I'm sure there are people here who are currently paying off student loans while inve...