Welcome to A Skeptical Real Estate Dude my weekly post on market insights coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all y...
Some background and to set the stage before I dive into this deal, I have shared my story on BP how I quit my CPA job to purchase large apartment complexes, here is a link:I quit my CPA Job to buy Large Apartment Buil...
Hey BP Fam! First one was deleted. I'm assuming because I used links. Reposting now without them. Here we go...After deciding I wanted to explore out of state investing, I spent the last week meeting with several "Tur...
Hello everyone, I have a weird scenario that I have been really wrestling with lately.I am in the middle of buying a home and the appraisal came back $40k under my offer. The seller said they would come down $20k and ...
My question is about the 20% down for obtaining my second investment property. I have the cash, but I don't believe it to be wise to put down 20% if I am purchasing a property that already has 20% equity.
My current...
Hi fellow Bigger Pockets investors!It's nice to meet you all. I'm a newbie to the forum but not a newbie to investing - I've owned / own a few properties (single family, duplex, etc.). I've been trying to buy my fir...
The duplex I’m house hacking has an uninsulated attic. It would cost me about $800 to do it myself. And the attic studs are non-standard distances apart, so I’m not even sure I could do it properly myself. I’m going t...
So I thought i'd be fun to ask this as sometimes Im reading posts and get annoyed. Dont get me wrong, I love biggerpockets and If it wasn't for this site, i would not be even close to where I'm at right now with my r...
About close on my first house, was a hoarder house and going to need a lot of work. I want to hire a general contractor, I feel a good GC would help speed up the flip which would limit holding cost and help get a good...
BP community--I went under contract on a north side Chicago multifamily property (4-flat) this week (thanks @Brie Schmidt ). Basic inspection (thanks @George Foster ) and mold inspection occurred on Wednesday. There ...