Yusuf Mathai
Putting a Team together
So this is my first foray into tapping into the collective wisdom of bigger pockets.I am just starting out in real estate, and this will be my chosen vehicle towards financial independence. I do have a day job that I ...
Lori N.
Landlord right to enter
I have a townhouse I am renting. I gave my tenant almost a week’s notice to have someone come in and check the HVAC for maintainence for the upcoming winter season. This tenant is very hard to accommodate because of...
Jonathan MacMillan
Looking for New Cities to purchase SFH for about 125K
Hello all, I've been reading this site on and off for a couple of years. Seven years ago I purchased a SFH in Aurora, CO for 110K. It rented for about 900 as I slowly paid off the mortgage. I now own the property out...
Jim K.
C-, D, F-class neighborhoods
How do you draw the two dividing lines between these three types of neighborhoods? Is the A-D (and sometimes F) system in common use for grading neighborhoods the best possible system for those interested in investing...
Eli Sunderland
Minneapolis Market
Hey guys, I'm currently looking for my first property, most likely a SFH in the NW minneapolis suburbs. I plan on house-hacking it, renting it to some buddies from college. My question to all of you is: what are y...
Dan Griffin
Selling house to tenant while keeping my low interest loan
This may be a basic question -- but I don't know the answer.
I have a house in another state that I used to live in. We moved, but kept the house because we had a 2.625% loan on it -- and there was a possib...
Justin M.
2016 California - Feasible rentals at home or look out-of-state?
Hi folks - I'm new to BP and to REI in general and am looking for some advice as I get started. I purchased my SFR back in 2007 (what terrible timing!) in Los Angeles county and plan to continue living here for the ne...
Michael Rossi
There is No Hope - This Country is DONE!
I've sadly come to the conclusion that our country is done, over, kaput! I finally came to this conclusion over the weekend as we were circulating petitions to put a Constitutional Amendment on the November ballot in...
Chris Harper
Top 20 Objections to REI
Howdy! This might not be the proper location for my question but the people I look up to most tread this section. I recently read in Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point" (pg72) that "what separates a great sal...
Tony Velez
50% rule
My question is this. If I use the 50 percent rule in my market. Most of these properties qualify easy. Do I make an offer then ask for actuals? There's many properties I want to pull the trigger on. Any advise?Thanks...