Gary Dezoysa
Investing in a dying city – future loss of equity?
I plan on beginning my investing career by relocating to Ohio. Cleveland, Akron, Toledo, one of those cities. In each one you can find houses going for $20,000. Of course there's a reason – continuous population loss ...
Stephen E.
Experiences of Mililitary Investing
I am trying to gain some knowledge and experience of investing in the military and what challenges it can pose. I would like to hear the challenges, successes, and learning that occurred. Reason is to learn from other...
Michael Volek
Investing while overseas, due diligence, and analysis paralysis
Hello everyone,I've been studying real estate investing on and off for about 3 years now, since 2014. I've listened to almost every podcast, read dozens of books, scoured the forums and the internet, and I tell everyo...
Robert Carl
Do you have to rent to people that dont work and just recieve disability?
I dont like renting to people that just recieve social service checks as income for 2 reasons.
1. If you dont work for it you dont take care of it.
2. You cant not garnish social service income.
Katie Andrews
property management company -- is it worth it?
Hi all,I'm Katie, new to BP, and a full-time English teacher, soon to be a landlord. I'm also a traveler. A few times a year, I go out of town for up to a month at a time in summer, a couple of weeks in winter, as w...
Ken Nyczaj
Scrub walls to remove smoke damage
Hey Everyone,Just closed on my first flip in Maryland. The seller smoked heavily in the property, house is 1250 sq ft and is a rancher style. I was thinking we needed to remove carpet, scrub walls, and then prime, but...
Harini Rajendran
Need some suggestions for a newbie from the Bay Area.
Hello BP members,I am a newbie here wanting to close atleast 1 deal by the end of this year.I am interested in buy and hold, cash flow rental properties and planning to start off with a Single Family Residence. Since ...
Steven Segal
Puerto Rico Investing
I have been interested in Puerto Rico for awhile, but I would like to get some people's insight to what is going on there with real estate prices.1. As there isn't a good MLS or records search to comp, how do you go a...
Nick Hulme
Best Market for Long Distance Small Multi-family Rentals
My wife and I are renting out the basement of some close relatives in San Jose, CA. We're comfortable and are in no rush to leave. We both have good jobs in the south bay. I also grew up in this area and most of my fa...
Mike Pastor
Favorite Rental Areas
If you had to choose just 3 neighborhoods around the Greater Pittsburgh area to buy and hold multi units, which neighborhoods would you choose? (obviously neighborhoods where multi's are prevalent)