Hello,I am new to Bigger Pockets. I am trying to help my mother who is in a difficult real estate situation (I apologize for this lengthy email in advance but it is a complex situation). She lives in Hawaii but purcha...
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I own a triplex in Cleveland, and it's my first investment property. We closed mid-January. I posted before about our terrible property management company. That was in March. In May, it was acquired by another well-kn...
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Wondering if any of you out there have some sort of "formula" you use to estimate repairs/maintenance and vacancy reserve costs when evaluating a new property?
I have been sort of guessing on mine so far and doing 5% ...
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I see a lot of investors get excited about depreciation because property values usually go up, but investors can report they went down on their taxes.I am skeptical this is actually an advantage.For example, commercia...
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I don't know if we have what it takes to manage the stress when the bills mount. It feels like we're too much in debt but maybe we're not used to what to expect and are over reacting. We're in our fifties with no reti...
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I’m a first-time landlord (just signed my first fully-occupied LTR in Jan 2025) and have already run into my first potential tenant issue. I have two long-term tenants in the duplex—one for 5 years and the other for 7...
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Good Evening All-I have been scoping Bigger Pockets out for a little over a year (stumbled upon it while searching about real estate) and have been a little self-conscious about asking questions. No one wants to soun...
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My wife and I are leaving California (we have no kids so schools are not a consideration to us personally) and we are selling our primary residence and rental property and are moving to Texas with a considerable amoun...