Gabrielle Martin
Long-Term Maintanance Routines
Hi BP family! This question’s for the seasoned Landlords/PMs... For your properties, is there any preventative maintenance (or updates) that you make sure gets done after a certain number of years have passed?For exam...
Lyle Fugate
Saving for first investment
Hi there,My name is lyle and I am a Baltimore teacher and prospective real estate investor. After months of reading this blog and several bigger pocket books I have paid all my consumer debt off and am currently house...
Chris Thomas
Brrrr, debt free, or a happy medium?
Let me preface this by saying I believe in trying to be/stay debt free if at all possible. With investment properties though, it seems more logical to be into a property around 40% and leverage the remainder. To me th...
Tara G.
HOA Charges- setting a precedent?
The story in short: Our Townhome tenants informed us that we had a letter from the HoA, we picked it up and in it the HoA said they had been trying to contact us (even though they have the mailing address for the owne...
Sunny Burns
Prevent Frozen Washer Machines
So we built a laundry room in an Unheated portion of the building... I live in NJ where we do have abundant below freezing days. I did just finish installing heat cable on the cold and hot water running from the house...
Paul Lucero
Damaged property due to a roof leak
Hi Bigger Pockets,
I have an issue that I hope someone can help with because I am new to investing. I have a commercial building that a new tenant moved in and in the first week she said there was a roof leak. I calle...
James Tucker
Is there a limit on the number of VA loans you are allowed
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knew how many times you are able to use a va loan. I know the loan limit is a little over 400k but is there a limit as to how many times you are allowed to pay that off and get an...
Rick Harmon
Water shut off over night in rental do I pay their hotel bill
The water pipe broke outside the house on my side of the meter so I had it fixed. The water has to be shut off for 8 hours because the location is saturated with water and needs extra time. The tenants went to a hot...
R Durney
Passive Losses from Syndication for a Real Estate Professional
I am considering passive investing in real estate syndications, but have questions about the tax benefit of the depreciation/accelerated depreciation.I am currently in a field that would qualify me as a "real estate p...
James Phillips
What's a good wholesale profit/PM
I looked up what the winning bid for a HUD property was and it was about $131K, they are selling for $157K. The will have owned the property for about 1 month (the auction was 11/28)They claim its a "clean up and sel...