Harrison Jones
Building a Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy
Hey BiggerPockets Community,
I’m working with an organization that’s aiming to address affordable housing in a way that leverages time as a primary tool. Our belief is that real, sustainable affordability in housing ...
Marcus Auerbach
Milwaukee - from rust belt to digital belt
Here is a post from Jonas Prising, the CEO of the ManpowerGroup (workforce agency, a $19 Billion business - yes with a "B") about Milwaukee. @Meredith L. asked me the other day about the development of employment - wh...
Suvarna Joshi
Which city for rental property? Austin, Dallas or Charlotte?
Hi I am a newbie at investing in real estate and looking into buying a rental property that will generate positive cash flow plus have some appreciation prospects. I am looking at something around $250K. At this time ...
Isaac Yoshioka
22 y/o aspiring to start Buy & Hold REI
Hey everybody!
I'm 22 and have been very interested in starting REI specifically Buy & Hold real estate. I have been studying for several months and have saved up around $20k for investment purposes. As I still ...
Michael McLean
Happiness: The overlooked real estate investment
So what ever happened to “the pursuit of happiness?”In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote, when crafting the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they a...
Colleen Pelliccia lavin
Lending to first time investors... Are banks looking for certain qualifications besides the money?
We're saving up to invest in the next year or two. If I approach a lender with 20% down but no landlord experience, will there be a problem? How can I prepare now?Thanks!Colleen
Jeremiah T.
Who to show and lease self storage units for OOS investor?
I know you can outsource much of the operations (online payments, answering phone, SEO) to management companies who specialize in self storage operations (https://www.storageunitsoftware.com/call-answering)...But how ...
Peter Chan
Dumping manure to get rid of deadbeat tenants
I have tenants which I need to have evicted from a single family home.Things were going well almost two years but they stopped responding the past two months in spite of several notices.Should have had them evicted by...
Daniel J.
When should I consider a property manager?
As a general rule I am planning on managing my own properties. However, I do realize that gets a lot harder the bigger the property is. Does anyone have thoughts on what size MF I should really start considering using...
Cheree Harris
Want to invest in my own neighborhood
Would like to read some feedback on the pros and cons of investing in my own neighborhood. I’ve owned my home for 11 years moved out of it for about 5 and now I’m back. There are homes that have remained empty since I...