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Hello BP Community,I am new to real estate and this forum. I converted my primary residence to a rental property in October 2017. The house is in Los Angeles and the lease will be due in October 2018. From November 20...
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My husband and I want to purchase a 4plex as our first investment property (owner-occupy). I found a fourplex in my area, looked up the owner, and finally got his cell phone number. This guy is a multi billionaire, wh...
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Hello BP, My name is Julian Le. I am a 23 year old engineer with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. I currently work at an engineering consulting firm. Starting out I am making around 52K. I’ve done rel...
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Hey Everyone! I'm super excited that 2023 is going to be the year I buy my first investment property. I just relocated to Pensacola, Florida and I'm on the hunt for a deal. I'm planning to use my FHA loan to buy a sma...
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I had to relocate to Chicago from ATL for my job and hired a property MGT company to assist with renting out my home in ATL. We found a tenant who owns his own company, wants to pay in advance with 3 month incremen...
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A few minutes ago I was going to respond to yet another "I need a CPA" post and noticed I was currently sitting at 999 posts. So I decided to instead detail how contributing to BiggerPockets (BP) has helped me grow pe...