Henri Meli
How I added over $750,000 in value in 18 months of ownership
My RE Success story. Thanks Biggerpocket.com community for the inspiration and guidance. I posted this in the commercial real estate forum as well. Not sure how to cross post (if even possible). Reposting it here. I ...
William Gan
New Investor in Brooklyn, NY - curious of people's views on units
Hi all,My name is William and I currently live/work in Brooklyn, NY. I moved to NYC about 4 years ago, and have been renting so far, but realized financials are much better on the owner-operator side. My goal for my f...
Kenneth Biason
Turnkey or BRRR to enter an out of state market
Hello All,I am planning on investing out of state, right now I am looking at Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Would you recommend beginning with a turnkey property to get into the market, or would jumping in wit...
Shannon Currin
Investing in STR in the Orlando area
I'm looking to purchase a STR in the Orlando area. I have just started looking, so I appreciate any advice. I'm currently looking at Reunion and Encore, but I'm open to other suggestions. We would like to use it for o...
Pyrrha Rivers
Analysis help, please.
Please help me look at this deal. I am getting really close to my first purchase. Have been learning all I can here, but feel nervous about my interpretation of how to analyze a deal and I know many of you can do i...
Caleb Teachout
Stocks vs. Real Estate
Excerpt from a post I made on the stock investing forum "The Motley Fool." The audience is stock investors who are equally passionate and successful in stocks as the BP community is in REI. Many of them think going al...
Scott Trench
Is it just me or is pulling a Tenant's CREDIT Score Harder than Ever?
I just started managing one of my rental units after a several year hiatus (it was managed via a property manager during the interim).
I'm screening applicants for a vacancy, and I noticed something odd. I pulled wh...
Charity Hanif
Rent to Retirement - Zach
Hello Forum . . . I've done a bit of looking around here for reviews of Rent to Retirement - a turnkey company. http://renttoretirement.com/.Anyone have recent experience? I'm considering my first investment with a ...
Nathan J.
Should Property Managers charge an additional fee to find tenants?
Hi all,It seems some property managers look to charge one months rent to find a tenant, on top of the 10% of rent collected. Is that normal? It seems that a property manager should be incentivised to keep tenants long...
Olga Levin
Lent money on second lien to a rehabber who stopped communicating
Hello BP community, Really need some help and ideas on dealing with this situation. I know I probably shouldn't have done this deal, but I have lent on 2nd liens successfully before. This one however, gone pretty bad...