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Hey everyone, I was talking to a friend of mine who’s renting a basement apartment from the landlord who lives upstairs. There’s a separate entrance to the apartment. What I found odd is that the landlord wrote into ...
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New to investing buy & hold and in the East Texas area. Looking to connect with others about everything I don’t know (which is basically everything).
Anyone in the East Texas area out there?
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A “renter’s choice” city ordinance — requiring landlords to accept renters’ insurance and other alternatives to a cash security deposit — passed last week by Cincinnati City Council was featured in a weekend article b...
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Brandon issued an involuntary challenge, "How to Buy a Rental Property in the Next 90 Days". I'm taking him up on his unspoken challenge. You know, the one he didn't know he issued. Starting tomorrow 03-17-14 I wil...
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Hello, I am in the process of getting a pre-approval before I start my hunt for my first rental property. My mortgage broker is pushing the idea of a non-QM lender being the one who funds this deal. My broker says I c...
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“If its on the MLS its already a bad deal”Ive heard this a few times already. I dont expect great deals to jump off the page at me but am i really missing out by relying on the MLS to find a good deal?
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An upcoming episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast will feature BOTH @Amanda Han and @Brandon Hall answering YOUR questions about taxes - the new tax laws and how they affect regular people AND real estate investors.Wha...
I'm sure most new investors have this question. Although I myself am new, I know where I stand. I'd prefer to build a rental portfolio accompanied by periodic flips. But I'm curious. Are you more on the side of runnin...
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Hey everyone,
My husband and I had the tenant from hell in our single family home. We also hired a management company to manage the property. (Our first time as landlords, we outsourced to make sure we did everything...
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Hey BP,Who's currently buying rental properties? -Are you at all worried about prolonged eviction moratoriums, rent freezes, a second wave or anything else that they are talking about in the media? -Or are you march...