Jason Murray
New member from Pickering, ON (just outside of Toronto)
Signed up a few days ago, just now getting around to an introduction.Longtime stock investor, relatively fresh options investor, now contemplating real estate. Still have not made my first offer, not even close. I've ...
Victoria Riggs
Overcoming investors' competition
Hello,I live on Long Island, NY and there is a lot of competition between the investors to buy the property. I am trying to put the property under contract that is off the market and there are other may be 10 investor...
Danual Berkley
No more than 80%... Really??
I've been reading The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner as well as listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast, and I've heard not buying for more than 80% of the property value was a must.
So what I di...
Karen Kalina
My 1st Long Distance Brrrr in Georgia..and troubles along the way
My husband and I bought an investment property in Georgia. Oct 2018. We are long distance investors since our local market doesn’t offer the returns we are looking for. We have had a long and expensive reno project th...
Chris Virgil-Stone
Excuses Don't Achieve Goals
This is the story of my first steps as a real estate investor and some of the challenges I faced. I'm writing this in hopes that other's will take control of their future and dreams instead of letting their past or wh...
Dana Winer
Rent acceptance after eviction notice-Wisconsin
We recently took ownership of a new duplex in Wisconsin and the current tenant did not pay. We served a 5 day notice and she still didn’t pay. We then filed for eviction and she paid after that for September. My quest...
Craig Jackson
Transitioning from Full-Time Employee to Full-Time Investor
My wife and I have been investing for 10 years or so. About 5 years ago we decided it would be best if she stayed at home with the kids full time. During this time she has done a tremendous job not one with the kids, ...
Greg Barrett
A Day in the Life of an Asset Manager
I’m an asset manager for a small real estate private equity company. In this post I’m going to break down what a typical day looks like. You may think that I tried to exaggerate the number of different tasks I’m invol...
Jim K.
To the lurkers: How to weed out landlord dreamers in the forums
Gentle lurkers,If you've been lurking around here in the forums long enough, you learn that there is a clear distinction between those people who post things from a place of knowledge and experience, and those people ...
Taylor Forconi
Costs of Flipping a House
Hi everyone, I have been reading everything I can for a while now and I just had a quick question. I have been looking over the sticky on this forum about The REAL costs of flipping a house. Clearly all of these costs...