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Longtime lurker, first post. Thanks to the BiggerPockets community for all the invaluable advice -- it's helped me personally and professionally for many years.
Here's my question: This year my wages at my non-real...
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So, I recently listed a property for rent or for sale by owner. I have had several inquires about the property as a rental and the majority of them have been people on disability benefits. I know enough to know that...
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This may be mind boggling but I do not quite understand how wholesaling is considered real estate investing. Please explain. AY
Can anyone recommend that safest yet least costly way to deal with the following issue.
It is past time to replace my e...
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This is a silly question possibly. I have heard people in forums says regarding cap rates to pay attention to the overall trend. Just because you bought at a 7 cap today you need to follow the historical trends of the...
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Hello,What would you do in this situation?I listed a property for rent found a tenant with excellent credit and income, signed a lease and got 1st month rent with security deposit yesterday.They were due to move in Au...
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Just signed a new tenant. She toured the home and then requested an application to rent it. We met with her at the home to sign the lease which was executed. For some context, the home is more of a summer cabin and th...
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I have held a triplex in Berkeley since 2002. It was the third property I purchased. It has about $2 million equity and a $550K principal balance. It is like a very extended BRRRR. I am finally ready for the refin...
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After years of reading books on real estate (most recently by David Greene and Brandon Turner), I'm finally getting started! Unfortunately, I think I need to break some cardinal rules in order to get into the game. B...
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am 28yrs old in LA working in marketing. Right now I have about $20k in a high yield online savings and money market, and not exactly sure which I should focus on more - paying off student loans, saving to buy a h...