Ryan DeRobertis
First time buyer looking to move to philly
Hey everyone - probably your pretty typical new guy post so sorry if this (including this apology) has been done many times before:My ask:1. Guidance/advice on which of the neighborhoods listed below match my goals fo...
Bobby Balow
Help! Tenant destroyed property and need to prioritize repairs
The situation:We very recently purchased a property based on a home inspection that was currently occupied by a tenant. Turns out there was a LOT of hidden damage. From what I understand, there is little we can do bec...
Ben H.
How to spend (up to) $7k on a rehab for a rental
Good evening all,This is for a rental (unless I get a great offer at the end) but there wasn't a spot for asking rehab questions in the landlord forums. Short background: 1600sq ft SFR that should get $900-$1000/mo re...
Chris Rendall
My First Year of Real Estate Investing in the Books!
Hello BiggerPockets family!I just officially finished my first year as a real estate investor and I wanted to share a summary of what I did, what I experienced, and the lessons I learned. I hope this will be helpful f...
Josh W.
Buying and converting an old commercial bank -- need some help!
Greetings BP friends,So, my business partner and I live in Los Angeles and we are in the entertainment business. We've decided to create a new business entity to combine our companies and scale up our services. We pro...
Jeremiah O'Neill
Electrical fuse box question and potential triggered work
Hi all,I am going to see a property this week that has fuses in lieu of circuit breakers. I am planning on replacing the fuse box, but I am wondering what other work this may trigger. The house was built in 1960, so...
Eric Mauricio
Upgrading a dated home…Is it worth it on a rental property?
Hello BP community. This is my first "real" topic that I'm posting and I want to hear your take. So, we bought this home in June and we thought this would be the home where we'd raise our family for a few years. Unfor...
Henry Clark
Fed Deficit and Fed Interest Rate
Intentionally waited till after the elections to ask this question. I’m looking for actual info. Anyone jumps on with political agendas I’ll dog them. Was watching a YouTube and they mentioned the fed can’t increase t...
Mark Huang
Discount San Diego Building Supplies
Starting a thread for people to share places to get good deals on building supplies local to San Diego. A lot of the local businesses are much cheaper than big box stores like Home Depot and even online. There are so ...
Robert Horvick
Deal Analysis (Just learning) - What am I misunderstanding?
I found a property on Zillow and ran the asking price numbers through the BP calculators and came up with $439/month cash flow at 39% ROI. Both BP and Zillow agree on the rent estimate and it doesn't seem out of line ...