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Real life of a newbie investorI've been inspired by Account Closed post, "real life of a real estate investor". With that being said, I believe there's value in sharing my journey with other newbies. I will begin givi...
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I have a 4 unit deal that I am currently analyzing. From what the seller has told me and provided me with, it seems to be a good deal. I've used the BP calculator but it doesn't pencil out all of the units the way I w...
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I'm curious what the hive mind thinks.My husband and I bought a 36 unit property in November 2014. It was a total slum - drug dealers, cockroaches, etc. Through our personal blood, sweat, tears and money, we renovat...
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Greetings.
I own a property in the San Diego area. I rented it to a tenant a year ago on a 2 yr lease. The existing lease has either 11 or 12 months left.
All was well until about 2 months ago when this women’s do...
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Made an offer on a house on April 26th, 2023. The sellers countered through a text message from their listing agent which read "My clients want to counter at 365. Heck I am shocked if I had known I would have bought i...
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My partner and I live in the California Bay Area and just closed on our first buy and hold SFH in St. Louis, MO. We're still getting it rent-ready, but we'll hopefully have a tenant in soon. That means that for the fi...
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Hello, BiggerPockets Community! (Man is it good to be here)I got into real estate a little over 2 years ago. I flip-flopped from being a wholesaler to flipper throughout these last two years and have had successes and...
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I went through the market place, and saw properties in Ohio as low as 12,000. Would it be in my best interest to look and invest in Ohio?
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I'll try to make this as short as possible, but I've got a question I can use some help with. I've got an extra $900/mo or so right now that I'm saving to buy my first rental. My plan was to "snowball" the profit fro...
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Hey All,A family friend of mine has instilled the fear of Tampa as a whole being a poor long term investment due to Sea Level Rise (SLR). It seems without a significant investment into preventative measures Tampa and ...