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Why wait? I want to start house hacking and living a life of financial independence by the summer of 2025. This gives me under a year to start looking for properties and building capital. I would love a few tips to ge...
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Disclaimer: I am a conservative, and I don't want this to be political?
The question has been asked and I wonder how the bigger pockets community feels today as compared to 2008?
I personally felt the entire world ...
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My partner and I are in the midst of our 1st marketing campaign. He wants to hand write the letters. He believes a hand written letter will be better received and is cost efficient. I on the other hand want to outsour...
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So I have learned that when trying to create a list with owners who have less than 10% equity, I accidentally made a list of a bunch of reverse mortgage owners and mailed all of them. LUCKILY I only mailed one zi...
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I am based in Las Vegas ,NV -- was thinking about acquiring some rental properties in mid-west, possibly TX, AR, TN as well....what your take on it?- if you had to pick one location/state - what would that be?,... th...
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I tend to do a lot more reading on this forum then posting. But from what I see I think the rental rates are quite a bit lower in our area then other places in this country. I live about 10 miles outside the outskirts...
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Today, I was just informed by the occupants, (notice I didn't say my tenants), they asked for an appeal from the judgment of possession to obtain more time to vacate. That specifically was their reason for filing the...
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This post is for experienced landlords.
Is it worth it?
I'm saving money and thinking about how I want to spend my savings down the road. I'm 31 years old, I have a 2 year old and a baby on the way. In the next ...
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I have a tenant who I found had recently acquired a dog without asking (this is the third time). I agreed to allow the German Shepherd with a $200.00 pet deposit which she partially paid. I was then given a letter ...
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I was having an interesting conversation with a friend the other day. We are both investors in the NYC area (rehabbing and flipping), and his family is moving to California, more specifically Los Angeles. He has spent...