Timothy W.
You know you're a real estate investor when...
1. Your worth a million dollars and can't afford to buy a sandwich.
2. You tell your realtor to send you properties that smell like cat urine.
3. You have at least 5 unopened packages of white, walmart miniblinds...
Diana Pritchard
Educate your Real Estate agent
Hi BP Community,I wanted to share my recent interaction (email exchange) with a real estate agent who was advising me to up my offer price to beat the competition.About 20 days ago, I called an agent about a double (1...
Crystal Chang
Suggestions for Investing Out-of-State
I am a resident of Southern California and I'm looking to invests in rental properties. However, after running the numbers, I cannot find a deal that will cash flow with a 20% downpayment (even if I self-manage the p...
Joseph Barnes
Airbnb for 1st property investment? Why should I NOT do this
I’m SUPER new to the bigger pockets forum. My wife and I are looking to purchase our 1st place (townhouse or condo) in the next 6 months to 1 year. We’ve heard Airbnb is potentially a great option for cash flow so the...
Leon Lee
Inherited tenants not responding to my emails/text/calls
Hi, BPersI recently closed on a fourplex in a C- area. All my previous rentals are SFH or condos and this is the first time for me to own/manage small MF. After the closing, I sent emails to tenants setting up new way...
Robin Roundtree
Sell Primary Residence to Use Equity for Rentals?
Hi guys,
We have a home worth 650k, we owe 350,000 in a place where we couldn't afford to sell and buy another property (got in 2021, the 2.8% interest rate and before the crazy NW boom in Idaho.) We are stuck becaus...
Matt H
What do you do after you got enough property?
I have a question... What do you do after you got enough property?
Christopher Hand
Looking at where to start.....Priced out of local Market
Hello Everyone,Backstory:My wife and I up until recently have been buying and renovating homes and then selling after 2 years or so to avoide paying taxes on the gains. Well it looks like this last reno will be the l...
Rich Weese
Follow up to WHY DO WE INVEST with some retirement #'s
I posted a thread a few days ago called why do we invest? There were a lot of good replies on that thread with many bigger pockets members listing their goal of 5000, 10,000, 12,000, or $20,000, per month for retireme...
Jessica G.
Agonizing over where to put energy -- "regular" job or REI. Please give input
I am a teacher so I'm off work for the summer, and I'm focusing 100 percent on growing our REI business.I got two off-market houses under contract last week -- a fix and hold, and a potentially lucrative flip. Great n...