Jason Burton
HELP! Analysis Paralysis
BP,
I have been feeling a lot of indecisiveness lately. I almost closed on a deal in St. Louis on a SFR but had it fall through. I'm also in the process of getting a multifamily in Alabama only to be having second t...
Scott Trench
Should Early Retirees Take Advantage of Gov't Benefits?
So I've got a controversial topic to throw out to the BP community. On many recent posts I've seen online, I see members of the Financial Independence Community (no BiggerPockets members that I've seen thus far) talk ...
Chris K.
Can I just not fix the furnace and provide space/baseboard heaters?? (To protect dumb tenants)
So I get a text today telling me that "Yesterday afternoon the CO² alarm went off and the furnace stopped putting out heat".
I let her know that she should have notified me immediately and called the fire d...
Antonio Bodley
Getting access to the MLS.
What would I have to say to a realtor for them to get me access to the MLS? I never seen an MLS nor do I know how to use it to get accurate values on homes I want to get under contract. Will it cost me money to get ac...
James McGovern
How do you identfy an agent that has successfully negotiated steep discounts on New..
How do you identify an agent that has successfully negotiated steep discounts on New Builds in the Orlando/Daytona Beach area?
Jacob G.
Buying a property that will inevitably rent at a loss
I am moving to Hawaii and considering purchasing a property for the time that I will be there (2-4 years/military). After doing research, and speaking with local realtors, it came to the conclusion that the property w...
Dan C.
how do you discourage tag-along boyfriend occupants
How do you discourage tag-along boyfriend occupants?I almost rented a place out to a young woman but it ultimately did not work out.However as it fell through I recognized that she had fully intended for a boyfriend t...
Aroldo Villarreal
Buy first home or buy investment property?
I'm really new to RE investing. I graduated college three years ago but haven't bought a home yet, still living at an apartment. I want to get into RE investing, but don't know if I should buy my first home for mys...
Luna B.
Postponing rent collection to lower taxes
I need to lower my rental income for this year due to some other income coming in.I know I can prepay certain expenses at the end of the year since I do cash based accounting. Now I am wondering if would work to have ...
M P.
Section 8 being forced upon us by Obama administration
Hello fellow BPers. I have been a long time reader of these forums and have picked up a tremendous base of knowledge from you, my colleagues, on this forum. I am mostly a passive investor, and so have not had a real...