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After hiring multiple contractors who push the price up and then hire some guy for $10 an hour who actually does the work I am wondering how hard it is to hire those guys directly.This does not apply to electricians a...
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This is my first post on Bigger Pockets and I hope there's many more to come. My name is Will and I'm 24 years old living in Westchester, NY. I graduated college 2 years ago and have been working as a business analyst...
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Would like to house hack in Brooklyn, live there for a few years, and move out 3-4 years later. Currently renting in Brooklyn. Looking at 3-4 unit multi families. Nothing seems to be close to breakeven at full occupan...
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Situation; Elderly Seller bought their Triplex home for around $350K Many Many Years ago. She lives in One unit and rents out the other TWO Units. Today its value is around $1.4M +/- She has discovered that IF she se...
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What do people use to estimate out of state property taxes?Is there a good website or resource?
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I am a new investor, and my agent sent me a duplex that shows some promise. I want to plug the numbers into the BP rental calculator, but I can't find the property tax. The listing is not public so I can't use realtor...
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I had some investments in Detroit- a SFR and a loan. Both of them I'll say that I lost my shirt. Between shady business people (what I felt to be) crooked property management companies, and some of the rumor and innue...
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I am new to this world and love the concepts, and I am very eager to get started in REI. However, while I am a commercial broker by trade, I am unexperienced as an investor. Would it be wise/necessary for me to buy a ...
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My husband and I have just sold our longtime home in Michigan. We moved to Tennessee in 2008 and have been renting it out for the past 7 years. Here are the basics: We bought it for 130K 20 years ago and just sold it...
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Hello everyone. My son is 24 years old and has over a million dollars. (He earned this $ as an underground rapper and still earns about $40k a month)
I’d like to help him invest that money in real estate but I have ...