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Hello BP!I just wanted to share my plan for creating an unfair advantage for myself. Another title for this post could be "From adversity to advantage"1. Become a licensed contractor. In Michigan all I have to do is t...
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Buyer gave me a low-ball offer. Then they came up to $95k all cash, saying that's the best they could do. OK.... Well, I said $99k was the lowest I would go, considering the buyer's agent commission % is really comi...
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Hello Bigger Pockets! My name is Michael Geraci and I am a full time mechanical engineer in Manhattan, looking to get into real estate. Specifically, I want to begin investing in rental properties to build passive inc...
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Situation: Wife and I are looking at getting a vacation lodge, condo, cabin, or house in New Mexico or Colorado for skiing and summer vacation. Want to pay for it by doing a STR type thing (VRBO, AirB&B). With t...
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Hello All,
Strongly considering joining Palak Shah (BP Podcast 368) - Open Spaces Capital Cohort. This program goes into systems put in place for the BRRRR strategy to super charge you're real estate business . Reach...
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Tenant has a job and healthy, no Covid-19 infection. He said he does not have to pay rent because of the pandmeic. My wife manages her house by herself. Does anyone know how much usually cost to hire eviction company ...
What a nightmare trying to find a contractor to do a small shower. All contractors want $10,000 and I’m like what the heck. I screened and screened and searched up and down and right and left till I found a unlicensed...
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I have sent Intents to Foreclose on several properties in Arizona. Two owners simply want to give the land to me because it is remote off grid raw land worth little (but alot to my Christian art retreat expansion for...
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Hi everyone. Glad to have found this place and hoping to obtain the correct information for some creative approaches to my project! The quick-changing Arizona market has thrown a rock in the tracks of my project and ...