![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2150440/small_1674625374-avatar-mickaelc1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone, I've been like the kid in the back of the class just listening for the most part but now I'm starting to get serious about this. I am still nervous about it, but I know it will be good.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2310349/small_1640287815-avatar-phyos1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have been looking in the market to buy a duplex as my first home purchase but it's has been hard to find a cash-flowing duplex (calculated based on what I will get after I have moved out) that's within my price rang...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1196/small_1621345632-avatar-ryan_webber.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
A couple weeks back I read The Richest Man In Babylon by George Clason, and I have to say it was an excellent book. It has become one of my favorite books about money management.
It doesn't necessarily communicate a...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2342629/small_1641258844-avatar-kyler382.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey everybody,I just recently graduated from Temple University and will be starting my job as a high school math teacher in the coming weeks. I am very new to real estate investing, and am looking to save up money to ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1932352/small_1621516786-avatar-benc318.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi everyone,I'm closing on my first owner-occupied SFH at the end of this month. It's a 3/2 in the desirable Wilton Manors (Broward County, Florida) that I'll be paying out of pocket around 500-600 a month to live in ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/260245/small_1695489761-avatar-andrewy.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello all,Newbie to bigger pockets making a jump into my first flip. First a little bit about me, I am a licensed general contractor with over 10 years of experience working on mostly commercial projects, I have done ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/325482/small_1621444408-avatar-kimrichards.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I love analyzing multi-units, and have a couple of different spreadsheets from different sources. I'm wondering how folks estimate CapEx, maintenance/repairs, and turnover costs?My current spreadsheets use 10% of gro...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2094379/small_1736999562-avatar-wishstr.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hey BP, with all the buzz about to-AirBnB or not-to-AirBnB, I wanted to throw my hat in the ring and introduce myself.I am a real estate broker and investor in Northern California. I manage over 100 client properties,...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/469459/small_1621478070-avatar-toddh37.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Here is how I typically handle rentals:1. I list them on the MLS and people go see them. When they are interested, their first question is how to apply. 2. Right now, I have to email them a blank pdf of the lease appl...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/213696/small_1695008704-avatar-ramjam.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi all,It seems some property managers look to charge one months rent to find a tenant, on top of the 10% of rent collected. Is that normal? It seems that a property manager should be incentivised to keep tenants long...