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Hi Everyone--
I am looking for some insight about investing in the hood aka rougher part of town, where properties are much less inexpensive - it would be nice to help contribute to these rough areas by making them l...
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I just got a Bigger Pockets email with an article about all the reasons I should not invest out of state. I live in the SF Bay Area and can not afford to buy in state and that article scares the s*^+ out of me.
If I ...
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Hey, BP family. I've notice as a new investor that it seem like everyone is trying too avoid D class hood. I hear a lot of negativity about it. Is their any upside with theses neighborhoods ? What's on the positive en...
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I have a two family house in Queens NY 1st floor tenant has been paying up to date 2nd floor tenant has stop paying since March , spoke to him today said he won’t pay until July because of covid . Now I spoke to my a...
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The original one was deleted, creating this new one. Please don't post content from paid website, otherwise will be deleted again.Thx
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I came across this article and it is scary.
Feel free to post your thoughts on this article as I am interested in hearing other's opinions.
America's Political Cannibalism
By Chris Hedges
It is no longer our economy...
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I am not clear as to the difference between rehabbing and house and flipping one. Could it be that when you flip it is for quick profit and you would do a 1031 vs rehabbing which you would live in it and hold on to a ...
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So I have been actively looking for good investment properties for the last two months. I went and looked at two yesterday that were still tenant occupied. The standards of living are so crummy at the houses that I wo...
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In an earlier thread, I described my concerns about getting out a problem tenant. They actually did move out on time yesterday, thats the good news. Bad news is that in the process they removed/threw away all the dr...
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Hi Everyone,I have a potential tenant who has a 529 credit score, and 6 accounts in collections ($4k total). They earn 3x+ in income, no felonies, no evictions.The credit score would normally mean I would deny the app...