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I just recently moved into the historic district of Colorado Springs, and it's so great! I love the character of the area. However, recently whenever I am home, my allergies are making life miserable. Since it is an o...
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Just bought my first duplex, walked into it and noticed a crack in the molding on s countertop in the kitchen. I pulled up the counter top and it popped right off and several roaches crawled out. Ew.
This is the only...
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Hi everyone, so I am currently living in Germany moved about 6 months ago here and learning german,originally I am from Croatia.In the meantime I am learning about real estate because I am planning to become an invest...
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Hi BiggerPockets,I have read the book advanced tax strategies and want to take advantage of the Self directed Solo 401(K) I have a few question and was hoping the community could help me out.Currently I have a W2 job,...
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Hey there everybody. I'm trying to come up with money so I can put some "skin in the game" for a first real estate investment. My current income is spoken for being that it goes to family expenses. I know private ...
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I remember reading this article when longtime pillar of the BP community, Brandon Hall wrote it a few years ago. I'll let the article speak for itself, but if I were to distill it down to a sentence: When it comes to ...
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Do most properties you buy cash flow positive? What percentage of properties that you purchase will cash flow positive when rented out? 95%, 90%, 80% or less? What is the risk of buying a property that does not cash f...
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Hello All,
Here are some guidelines I found about researching a neighborhood.
1. If it is a mid-sized city, not a metro, you want to have a 20% population growth. If the population is larger than 1M, there should be...
Living in a new age of people working and learning from home!I recently listened to the BP Podcast episode 380 (Go check it out!), and they brought up an interesting point. Many people are working from home, so I'm cu...
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I have purchased a multi family over a year ago, rehab took almost 6 months and it was mainly due to, and a series of poor contractors and poor property managers, as I was doing this from afar. The property was acquir...