John Thedford
BP Is A "HOTSPOT" Of Illegal Activities
Just got a call from DBPR. That is the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Florida. They regulate licensed and unlicensed activities. Their call was in relation to an unlicensed broker complaint I fi...
Walter Hodgson
GroundFloor - Equity Ownwership Offer
Hi, all. I'm an investor through Groundfloor.com, and things have been okay. No whiz-bang profits, but fairly steady growth. Not a ton or charge-offs like LendingClub.com seems to be plagued by. The biggest issue ...
Account Closed
Owner died. How do I buy this house?
Found a house not far from me with papers taped to all the windows. I stopped and snooped around. I'd love to buy it. Talked to the neighbor. He said the owner died 5 years ago and it's sat empty ever since. He also m...
Nathan Gesner
Half of LA Short-Term Rentals Breaking the Law?
https://laist.com/news/housing...
According to this article, a recent study showed nearly half of the LA short-term rentals were in violation of the law. LA collected $40,000 in fines last year, but could have collec...
Ryan Beasley
Commercial Retail Vs. Warehouse. Which is better to list as?
I have a seller that I've been back in forth with about listing their property for about a week or two now. She owns a retail/warehouse building and is adamant about listing it as a warehouse and NOT retail.
Why is t...
Brian Stevens
Should I Refinance My 5 Plex
Please help! I worked really hard on my first multi family property and created a lot of equity but also was able to lock it down on a 30 year mortgage at 3.25% apr. I’m not sure if I should refi and enter the comme...
Julie Kern
Foreclosure - house next door
Good morning, BP. I have a question on a foreclosure that is scheduled for auction on the courthouse steps in November. We are in a bit of unique position (I think) because the property in question is the house next...
Mindy Jensen
Episode 234 Tenants, Evictions, No Money Investing w Ryan Murdock
The most popular question in these forums is some variation of "How do I get started investing with no money?"In Episode 234 of The BiggerPockets Podcast, we hear from @Ryan Murdock , an agent and investor who tells h...
Russ Wahl
Refi issues! BRRR complete and now a bank surprise!
Has anyone ever run into this issue and how do we navigate it? We bought our first BRRRR deal as a bank foreclosure. Took weeks to clean it up and months to rehab. We fixed it up and put tenants in it and got an appra...
Preeti Tibrewala
Offer accepted for run down house in Los Gatos Mountains @450k
Hi,Offer accepted for run down house 1bed/1bath in Los Gatos Mountains @450k. Lot is 0.26acres, most of the lot has steep downhill slope. Lots of trees and house has septic tank.Do you think it is a good deal? This is...