Hi there everyone. My name is Chris and I have been living in Kansas City, MO for almost five years. I joined Bigger Pockets about two years ago and have been intermittently reading through the forums to build my RE i...
I’m buying a house for cash from a tired landlord that’s at least 20% under comps in the area. It has a tenant in place (13 years) and needs a new roof. I’m looking to use the delayed financing exemption in order to p...
I just recently purchased a home. My plan for the home was going to be renting rooms. Everything is going pretty good but I’m having trouble finding good tenants to fill the rooms. I have been using craigslist and ano...
We took over a 12 unit building in January of this year that is mostly lower income immigrant families (I mention this because it may be relevant) and we are having problems with bed bugs. One unit told me they have h...
I am currently working on a project in which the seller has agreed to sell me his property at a substantial discount, the only thing is that he is in the process of moving his stuff out the property and needs some ass...
My wife and I have negotiated to purchase our first REI deal in East Texas, near Longview. I would like to network with other REIs that are connected to this area.
The property has some great potential, but needs ...
Lets say you find a 4 bedroom house. Would it be better to find 4 different renters and treat it like a 4plex thus never leaving you with a month of $0 rent or is it better to have less hassles and just buy 3 bedroom...
I recently took an early retirement package and I might go back to a W-2 job, but I'd really like to start flipping and buying rental property as my long term "retirement" strategy. I'm just worried I won't be able to...
From your experience, is there any advantage of buying a property with long term tenants living in there?
I only see disadvantage such as, most of the time their rent is not high enough and you won't have enough cash...