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I’m looking to begin my real estate investing with purchasing properties and lease optioning them out. It will have to be out of state due to me living in SoCal. I’m mostly concerned with my out of state situation, ha...
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An opportunity just came up for me to purchase 2 separate 2 bank owned properties in a rural area where I grew up (I moved after college and now live a big city).♦️House 1 - About $3000 with double closing cost total ...
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It has been about 15 months since I purchased a 48-unit property in Wichita Falls, Texas. I want to share my story to inspire other BiggerPockets members and hopefully you can learn a thing or two from this acquisitio...
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Hey Fellow Members! I'm from San Francisco, Ca and after running my Small Business for over 10 years, I'm ready to taper off from the daily grind. In search for a new revenue stream I came across BP and investing...
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I’m looking for any insights anyone might have on short-term rentals (airbnb or Vrbo) in the NC mountains (Boone, Blowing Rock, Fleetwood, or other areas). I’m interested in buying an income generating property, but I...
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Hey BP community, I’m trying not to lose my mind here. We had tenants for 3 years move out recently in Virginia. The place was really gross- mouse droppings, damaged and moldy drywall, a broken window, termite dam...
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I've noticed a decrease in the number of people doing ss flips in my town. I spoke with another company out of Austin who negotiates a ton of short sales and they said the same thing. More and more are moving to simpl...
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Tenants paid, got the keys etc. today. They told me they want to paint one of the rooms in the house, make one alteration, and bring a dog (but they'd told me before that they weren't bringing any pets because of alle...
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Hi all,I just joined BP and am pouring through the beginner's guides, but wanted to introduce myself and ask some questions. I'd appreciate any help you all could offer.First, a little background. I'm a Naval Officer ...
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Hello fellow Cape Codders! I'm so happy BP finally created a sub-forum for Cape Cod in Massachusetts, so I thought I would get the ball rolling and make the first post. Are other people interested in getting together ...