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Hello,
I'm new to the world of real estate investing and a little overwhelmed on where to start... I've listened to a few BP podcasts and attended some webinars but cant seem to get a grasp on how to truly educate m...
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Hello BP Community!Happy friday! Hoping you can share your wisdom on the topic of dog/liability. How do you go about:1) Liability mitigation:From a landlords standpoint, i understand there is not much we can do dir...
Hi!I'm new here and new to investing. Does anyone have any advice on which route I should take: REIT or becoming a landlord?I know there are risks and aggravations involved with both. Which one worked best for some of...
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Hi all,We have a number of rentals in Houston and do a pretty good job of keeping vacancy very low by lining up new tenants during the 30 days after the previous tenant gives notice.However, we have had a couple of re...
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This is my 1st time reaching out to anyone. I'm eager to get in real estate. Literally just started listening to bigger pockets last week, which got me motivated. I have a ? about aquiring money for my real estate st...
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Since I’m not old enough to buy real estate, I’m looking to learn as much as I can about real estate. My first thought was books, so if you have any recommendations that would be great. I also have an uncle who starte...
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hey bp! happy Thursday! So i've been walking a few properties, ugly properties, and ive found two that would work for my house hacking strategy. The problem is i've been checking permit records on them, and nothing ha...
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Hey I’m just getting into the real estate world and I’m looking for great books/podcasts/YouTube videos from bigger pockets or anyone else that would be good for me to learn some of the more basic principles and proce...
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What are the numbers banks run through to determine if a deal is good to lend on? I’m looking to buy apartment buildings.
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Linky link. For those unaware, we had a tragedy in Oakland this past weekend. Fire. About two dozen people lived in the building. Dozens are dead, in what reads like something out of the developing world: very large p...