Brett Jurgens
Zillow ads climate risk insights, but too many people are ignoring the data
A sign of the times. Zillow is adding climate risk scores powered by First Street for every for-sale listing on its platform.
Another Zillow survey published in September 2023 found that 83% of home shoppers conside...
Ericka G.
Use Leverage or Stick with Cash?
If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can? So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio. My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...
Sid Franklin
Chicago/Illinois Property Tax Hikes Making Me Jittery About Investing
Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy). Property taxes are already high, but ...
Chris Farrugia
How much rehab do you do on your own vs. contract out?
I have the opportunity to purchase some great property that will need new flooring, a new tub, new cabinets, paint, etc.My question you experts is how much of this do you generally do on your own and how much do you s...
Alex J.
trump tax impact on investors? why arent we talking more about it
I am reading that the mortgage deduction is going to be for loans up to 750k on new deals for primary residency....., how about for rental properties? is that any different? is this capped to 750k total or is it per...
Sharon C Hartless
HELP....I HAVE THE TENANT FROM HELL!
Hi all, I am a newbie to BiggerPockets and am still learning to use the site. But... I need some help Now! I negotiated a discounted rental rate on a 24 month lease back in February with a single woman and her dog bec...
Justin Sullivan
As an investor/contractor am I wrong for not sharing my subs
I know how I feel about this but I would like to hear from other contractors and investors. As a contractor/investor I get asked often toShare my subs with my fellow investors. This is kinda a grey area for me because...
Carlos Silva
When do Rental Prices fall
Do rental rates usually fall when interest rates increase and home values decrease?
Rich Weese
National security threats. Which is the worst?
Simple poll-
Which of the following in your mind is the most threatening to our National security? In alphabetical order.
1. national debt
2. rogue nations
3. terrorism
4. unsecured borders
These are al...
Russell Strom
Residential Backflipping
Hi everyone,
I listened to a webinar the other day that had an interesting idea. They called it residential backflipping. I'll try to lay out the basics from that webinar here (this is what Peter Conti and Jerry Nort...