Nwakaego O.
My contractor has blown throw the allocated budget
Hey everyone, I'm new to this home ownership deal and am currently doing some rehab to my basement. I have had to stop all repairs being done to my house because the contractor sent me a bill of an additional $38K on ...
Rafael Norat
Newark NJ Investing
Is anybody currently investing in the Newark NJ area? I know the city has been improving and trying to drive in new businesses over for last 10 years. Just wondering if anyone has been investing in properties here rec...
Ryan Tongue
Finding "red flags" on older property listings.
Hi all, quick question today.I've been looking at a few older property listings while searching for a buy-and-hold rental property in Michigan. I'm aware that I should be watching out for "red flags" on these older pr...
Amiris Brown
Cost of bullet proofing a house?
So, there's this house that has been deeply discounted about $100,000 off its original listing price. Just last month there were 3 armed robberies next door to that house on a street with businesses. There have been m...
Christopher Herrera
My house won't sell for the price we want
Hello BP community. So we have a house that was flipped and put for sale back at the end of July. We had an offer in August but after the inspection report she backed out. It was nothing major just a lot of small easy...
Greg R.
Airbnb guestsI violating rules and keep bringing visitors
BP community, I'm in need of advice from seasoned STR property managers. I have been in the STR game for about 3 years now. Just recently I acquired another STR, this one out of state from where I live.The property I'...
William C.
My flip took 11 months...what went wrong?
Ok so that's a bit of a loaded question because I have a good idea as to what we did wrong along the way. The reason I pose the question this way is so that I can get some unbiased, candid feedback regarding this pro...
Joe Kim
Out of State Investing - NEW and IMPROVED
I recently had a post "Out of State Investing-SCAM! False promise land of cash flow".https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/351...I may have given the wrong message that out of state investing is not a good wa...
Philip Williams
7 buildings 20 units 18 months thanks to BiggerPockets
So I decided to give a shout out to bigger pockets. I decided to start investing in real estate 18 months ago at the time I owned 1 condo that had been in the family for years. It was in a nice neighborhood was payed ...
Jay Coolidge
Flipping, Budgets and Electrical
I bought my first flip home. The home was built in 1920's. I am currently in the initial stages of cleaning the property and getting quotes on the work that is needed. Plan on putting in new HVAC, flooring, windows...