Hey everyone,So I've been in the Hampton Roads area a little over 3 months now, and I'm in the process of closing on my second rental property in which I was the highest bidder on auction.com. This is a little risky o...

I want to start out by first saying thank you BP for providing a platform for the new and uninformed like myself to ask questions during the starting out phase.Scenario: I am currently refinancing 2 properties I have ...

I am a new investor and have been doing a lot of studying and reading about real estate investing. One common suggestion and crucial part of investing is knowing your local market if you are investing locally. I just ...

So I'm in the process of buying two homes out of state that have 3 apt each one of the places has a live in maintenance man who's moving out but i would like to hire him for the two properties I have this will not be ...

Hi SW MO folks (and SGF investors outside the area),Apologies, this may come off a little rant-ie, but hoping to get an educational discussion going. As the title suggests, I'm trying to understand the key driver of t...

Please feel free to direct me to the correct sub-forum if this is not the correct one.I have been steadily investing buy and holds in southern New England (MA, RI, CT) with some decent success. However, when I look at...

Hi Folks, Tersely: how I and 4 other GaREIA (http://gareia.org) members bought a $1.1M mobile home park 2 weeks ago I'm wanting to share in as few as steps as possible on how anyone of you...

Hi everyone,Newbie investor here from Leesburg, VA. Thankful to have found a great community here and wanted to get y'all's advice for my current situation:I am a recent graduate from college (23 years old) and have s...

My market is very low income. Lack of good paying jobs don’t allow for much home ownership and most rentals are so run down they practically need gutted, and most renters can only afford Section 8. Houses are uaually ...

What is everyone's most important things they look for when screening tenants?