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Just watched this fascinating and well-done story by CNBC on "What’s Driving California’s Mass Exodus?"
Now, I live and invest in California, so I'm definitely not a California hater. However, I'm also no California...
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This "investment" property just went pending at 643,000 here in Oakland. It's a 2 unit each 1 bed 1 bath. Realistic rent on each unit is max $1800. $43200 gross - taxes of $9452 (actual tax for this house) insurance ...
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I just heard on the news that real estate prices are dropping like crazy in Puerto Rico due to the state of the local economy. Wondering if that's a good opportunity to start investing there. Anyone on BP currently in...
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Hello to all! ....It's lengthy#Biggerpockets has been an awesome resource for me for the last few months while getting into REI.When I sign up on a forum (any forum) I get really hyped up on how I am going to be acti...
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This issue has occurred several times at different properties: tenants complaining that the AC isn't cooling to a ridiculously low temperature when the ambient temp is about 40 degrees warmer. My response has been tha...
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In an earlier post I requested tips on getting started and received very little feedback. I'm going to be a little more direct this time. I'm setting everything up to start making deals, flips and rentals. I want to m...
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We understand every realtor can write up their commission structure (to a certain legal degree), but we want to know what the standard commission structure usually is in Raleigh, NC. What would be the "off the shelf a...
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Over the last several months I've spent a significant amount of time reading books, BP forums and almost anything I could get my hands on, to prep myself for my Real Estate journey.
I've finally lined up a ha...
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Hi All,
New to BiggerPockets and hope to to learn a lot from the community. I am currently in the bay area with a couple LTR here but am looking to venture out of state where there are better cap rates, appreciation...