Andrew Perkins
Can real estate create happiness
Hello!A friend and I have recently begun sitting down with people who identify as “Happy”, and trying to find out what that means to them. It made me curious, as a part of the biggerpockets community, how real estate ...
Jo Zhou
An old couple in difficulty and cannot pay rent, what could I do?
Hi, everybody, could you give me some advises for my situation? I have an older couple (in their mid 70s, they are in the wheel chairs), they have been paying the rent on time for 5 years. Lately, they have been late ...
James Mann
Small Town Real Estate
So Arkansas has a lot of rural communities and for the most part the market doesn't move much in these areas. When people purchase homes they tend to live in them for basically forever. Markets just stay stagnate. As ...
Tara Eggenspiller
Intimidated / Trying to figure out which path to take
I have about 6k so far. By the time my apartment lease is up (Sept 2023), I will have about 10k (I'm able to save about $500 a month at the moment). Obviously, this is not enough for a 20% down payment. So this leaves...
Lisa Hoyt
When should you lower rent to attract qualified tenants? Ever?
Background: My sister lives in MA, has owned a 2 family house for many years. Our mother lived in the apartment for 17, when she moved out sister used a broker to find tenants (when they had to leave - student visa e...
Phillip Austin
Nightmare Tenant - This is why you need a property manager!
One of the best examples I found this year as to why you need a property manager (especially in Colorado). This client chose not to use our services and instead, tried to self-manage their primary. This was the very f...
Jason Pinkerton
Involving Your Spouse
I'm sure many of you have been here. YOU are getting into real estate investing and are very passionate about it. You become so passionate about it, you talk about it a LOT. You want your spouse to be passionate about...
Jay Hinrichs
What is the fastest you have recieved a title commitment
I just opened escrow at 11:45 am on a Vegas property I am selling. I got my title commitment today at 3:36 pm today.. Just under 4 hours for a pre lim / or title commitment to you east coast folks. that i believe i...
Deborah Burian
Craigslist Experiment - Old dog trying new tricks...
We are within one property of our goal for SFH, buy-and-holds. That makes this year the year to focus on cash flow and I am spending the time I normally spend on buying/renovating focusing on improving cash flow by ...
Jacob Kelley
Traditional Rental Property w/ a Guest House for AirBnB?
My partner and I are looking for properties with a casita to house hack currently. Our plan is to live in the property for a year while AirBnB'ing the casita. After a year, we'd like to move into another property, and...