Brandon Craig
Bartering labor for property
I was offered to buy a rental condo in my area for $40K from an older friend of mine (probably a $5K discount from its value). While I only have about 25K to start my investing career, I thought of an interesting way...
Andrew C.
Selling an Inherited home vs renting for Cash flow
Hi BP Community.I am looking for more information on the Atlanta market dynamics. My family has inherited a single family property in College park County, Atlanta Georgia. What is this market like? I have been told it...
Jim G.
Sacramento Market for SFH investment
New to Biggerport. I am in Bay Area and made some buys and holds in period of 2009-2013. Stop doing this in past 3-4 years as I cannot bit higher enough to get a good deal. So I decided to move to Sacramento area ...
Brett Pirie
Questions about analyzing 5 unit deal in Troy, NY
The owner has told us to make an offer as the property is not listed. I'm working on figuring out the numbers that will make this work and I'd like some help looking them over to point out what I'm missing; I fee lik...
Paul Stern
My first REO, here we go
It has been an exciting week. My w-2 job takes 10 hours a day so I have the other 14 for family, investing, managing, etc. When a good deal shows up, the order for those other activities takes a different precedence. ...
Lara Fobian
Accept bad tenant roommates if one tenant is excellent?
(If you prefer to skip the details, I've underlined the key points below) ... One of our tenants (“Tenant Alpha”) wants to renew his Texas lease for a second year and move his two adult brothers in to replace his (now...
Bryan Hancock
Salary/Dividend Split In Texas - Married Filing Separately
I am in the process of setting up a new entity in Texas that will replace my old operations entity that I've been using for the last 14 years. I'm engaged to what will be my 2nd wife after a lengthy and somewhat cont...
Meng W.
Kicking tenants' friends out in nyc
Hi BP,I wonder if there are any guidelines or rules for the landlord when kicking tenants' friends out. for instance i have a tenant whose mother is extremely irresponsible for her children who are over 18 years old. ...
Kyle Meyers
Are there any circumstances you would rent to someone with an eviction?
I have had several prospects call and let me know up front they have an eviction on their record. Is there any time that you would accept them. I have been asking them the reason and letting them know I would see if I...
Gardy Saturne
Analyzing a new area for virtual deals
Where to spend my marketing dollars for wholesaling ?
I'm analyzing two markets that I'm interested in. I am using listsource to pull the most cash buyers in the past six months by zip codes. Then looking into those ...