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Well lets say I'm learning by the fire here on renting. Long story short I rented to what seemed like the perfect couple 6 months ago after going through lots of scary people. The guy checked out, girl had no job so...
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In an effort to keep BiggerPockets at the forefront of technology and to improve the way you communicate through our site, we realized that we needed to adopt what has now become a standard on the major social network...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence hard money loan investment.
Purchase price: $105,000
Cash invested: $24,000
Purchased from a wholesaler using hard money lender and equity in home. House had...
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I would like to know how others investors life have changed since their first investment, did it meet expectations?I know that everyone loves a feel good story but investing is not easy and I have cried many times dur...
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My wife and I own a condo in a college town in Utah. We have 4 women renting the condo. Two are students and two are non-students who work in the area. One of the non-students and one of the students are roommates a...
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Theres a lot of HELOC threads, quick q: condo from 150k now is around 220k, second home, BoA seems to offer HELOC for it, could potentially take out 50-60k at 5-6% interest, first 12 months lower interest. Payments se...
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I'm in the process of purchasing my first property. It is currently a rental property that rents for $1400/month. My current plan is to buy the property and occupy it myself for the next 6-18 months. It could use s...
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Greetings BP family, finally writing my 1st post, whew!!
I returned to 9 to 5 this week after 3 months maternity leave (Wow, Really!!!!) . Well, it's time to Run, YES, I said, [b]"RUN"... I'm ready to dust myself...
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Hello, we are closing on a duplex very soon and there is a tenant in one side that we would like to give notice to vacate to. They are month to month so we can give a 30 day notice. They also have done significant d...
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I'm considering e-mailing this to my new tenants. Any thoughts or reasons why I shouldn't? Thanks!"As I am preparing the lease I recalled Chris mentioning you plan to live in the home for longer than the 15 month leas...