Chris Clothier
Are Appraisers Hurting Real Estate Values?
I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...
J. Martin
Being frugal paid off in RE: $1k car, $1MM in RE, $140K/yr gross rents, and free couches..
I was looking for advice on starting out in being a successful real estate investor (with no capital) years back and ran across a few people who gave some of the best advice I have ever received for that scenario: BE ...
Erik Haugen
Ethical dilemma around kicking tenants out
I bought a 8-unit apartment building; the value add is that rents are 20% below market value. My strategy was to buy, let the tenants go, rehab, and raise the rents. We gave notice to all the tenants (who are month-to...
Mohit Khanna
Australian investor looking at entering US residential market
As a 40-year-old Australian investor, I've built a strong real estate portfolio focused on the local market. My strategy has always been to buy in the right market cycle, renovate for value-add, rent, and refinance to...
Tyler Jahnke
Morris Invest Case Study 2.0
Hello BiggerPockets!I stumbled upon the Morris Invest Case Study by @Ian E. and am now inspired to document my current investment with the company. This is kind of a long post, but I hope you stay with me. Clayton Mor...
Eric Bilderback
Millennial's growing poorer
Listening to people beat up on the young folks for having their student loans paid off. Look at this people born between 81 and 96 are getting poorer while the rest of us are getting richer. What this is really sayi...
Ramon Wilson
Are RE investors in Los Angeles crazy, stupid or know a secret?
I have been looking around at multi-family investment properties in gentrifying areas of Los Angeles. I received the email below which is representative of feedback I've received from many brokers in this area. Are RE...
Eduardo Barcena jr
Rent to Retirement?
Does anyone have any experience working with Rent to Retirement? I have been looking into it because they’re a frequent sponsor on the podcasts and wanted to get some feedback. Thanks!
Mike Stephens
Denver Market Softening/Retreat
Hello,So one thing to get out of the way from the start: the purpose of this post is NOT to debate whether or not there will be a softening in the Denver market. There are plenty of other posts on whether Denver is in...
Nic S.
I'm getting my butt kicked
I grossly underestimated maintenance and make ready costs for my KCMO portfolio. Operating costs are through the roof and net income is non-existent in my first year of business. I started with 2 SFH turnkeys which ha...