Kyle Leeyaw
What would you do if you had to start over?
Hi Bigger Pockets,My name is Kyle. I am going to be a real estate developer and am having trouble getting started. I would really appreciate insight from anyone who has had success in real estate development.Some spec...
Paul Bowers
Using a % of rent to calculate CapEx seems wrong to me
I'm brand new at this but it seems that using a percentage of the rent to set aside for CapEx doesn't seem to make sense. Let's assume I buy two different 1,500 square foot houses and one rents for $2,000 per month a...
Terry N.
Rental market slowdown?
Anyone else experiencing difficulties finding renters? Never before had issues. All sudden not getting any calls. Or emails. Lowered price today to what I asked three years ago. Strange feeling about this.
Cameron C.
House hacking in "yesterday's news" Southside a bad idea?
Hey BP,So you may have seen some of my other posts on here recently but I'm currently close to a deal with my current landlord to purchase my single-family house in the Southside of Pittsburgh. This is an extremely s...
Kevin Luttrell
How do you pay your cleaners?
I currently use Turo, which I love for it's convenience and automation. I rarely even need to communicate with my cleaners at all since it syncs with my calendar and automates the payments. I just occasionally check t...
Jordan L.
Keeping crawlspace moisture down in the southeast
Hi everyone, I am working on a rehab-to-rent in North Carolina that has some crawlspace moisture and wood rot issues. I'm going to end up replacing 30+ floor joists in this property. Having a repair of this magnit...
Brian Garrett
Newby trying his first total house renovation
Hello everyone,I am a newbie to the whole real estate investment world and am looking to move on my first property if possible. I have been reading books and I have been studying everything I can. But due to some issu...
Karen M.
How do you remodel for such low costs?
As I started to learn a little bit more about flipping and rehabbing and making places rent ready -- it is amazing to me how people are succeeding with low cost remodeling. Simply, how do you do it?We have just been ...
Adam Jaken
What will happen when interest rates go up?
Hi guys and a happy Sunday to you all!
I am predicting the rental income will go up as soon as interest rates go up.
The reason I came up with this conclusion is because when interest rates go up it will make it ha...
Samantha M.
Granite Kitchen Tops Cost?
What would be a good ballpark estimate to put in granite countertops in the kitchen? I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of $250 per linear ft.
For regular counter tops, at least here in Dallas TX, .75 cen...