I'm looking to finance a renovation of my primary residence and one of my lenders is telling me that if I spend $150,000 on a renovation, I can expect it to add $50,000 or so of value to my home. That seems too conser...
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I had a call from the PM for one of my rentals saying the sewer line was backed-up. This house is only 30 years old, so assume that the line is PVC. I was under the impression that PVC withstood tree roots. Is it p...
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Tenant has not been in apartment for three days. It's her and her two kids plus an unidentified male who ended up just living there. I couldn't prove it. Other tenants including the neighbors had already filed complai...
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My fiance and I just bought a duplex in Highland Park, Los Angeles that came with a 600 sq. ft. bungalow. The unit is completely separate from our front house and doesn't have any shared walls (2 house on a lot). We...
Hi BP friends. I own a property in Tuckerton, NJ with an ARV of $325k that I’m looking to rehab and rent. Several GC’s have estimated about $100k in work. Being that I own it outright, and only need $125k (budgeting f...
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I have quite a few options in my areas to bid on foreclosed properties. Can anyone share their experience? Was it lucrative? What should I keep an eye out for?
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We bought a property using our personal names on title. I wonder are we taking too much risk?
Due to we encountered a lot of issues, I starting to think of how to protect ourselves.
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Hi everyone, I'm Kari, I'm 24 and I graduated college last year. I had a bit of a career pivot my first-year post-grad but just started my first $60K marketing job this month. I've known since about half-way through c...
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Hi everyone,
First time poster and new to Bigger Pockets. My wife and I just moved back to the United States after 10+ years abroad and were looking to purchase our first home in Las Vegas, NV. We wanted to buy a...
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So I wanted to write up our first OOS real estate deal. There was a lot of research that lead up to us pulling the trigger and going for it; lots of books and podcasts. One thing I want to mention is that these book...