Jane Istre
Galveston/Crystal Beach Texas vacation rental investing
We are thinking of buying a rental beach house or bay side house in the Galveston / Crystal Beach area. Does anyone have some good information on the recent insurance ratings, building codes or any other news of pert...
Robin Gravlin
What a mess!! This is a whole new education of what NOT to do, and what to READ!!
I need your help on this one! Hopefully an attorney I can hire to get more done as I have not been able to. There is a lot of moving parts to this story, so hang in there....I bought a house from auction to flip in...
Matt Cramer
Can Rich Dad Poor Dad beat up Dave Ramsey?
To borrow or not to borrow, debt free is the way to be etc etc etc. The way I see this is a risk vs reward. How do you decide though where the risk is to great or the reward to little? How do you decide to purchase a ...
Billy Amberg
The 203K Loan - Open Discussion
BiggerPockets Community,This is directed at those of you who are interested in the 203K loan. Done one or more 203K loans? Great! Share a success or horror story!Never done one? Also great! Hopefully my post can get...
Neil G.
What to do with 1st STR - Not Cashflowing
Hey all, what would you recommend doing with a STR property that's just barely breaking even after all expenses? It's a 3 BR old bungalow in Tampa that I'm renting out on Airbnb. My prop management is handling everyth...
Beth Davis
Higher STR Vacancies?
We've been running a number of STR units for about 18 months now. I'm an airbnb super host but I've seen my bookings drop way off mid-october. Are other ST operators experiencing this? Is it seasonal or the market ch...
Vasant R.
Putting offers in on properties - Be 1st or be last
I've been having a hard time finding a property to purchase. As soon as I seem to find a decent property there are multiple offers on it. I've ended up putting in the offer anyway, but nothing has come out of it yet. ...
Chris Gawlik
People think we're nuts
Hey everyone. We are selling our primary residence and moving into a travel trailer behind my parents house. We live in one of the nicest neighborhoods in town. I have a family of 6. A kid in high school and all the...
Riley F.
Appreciation - how to factor it in?
For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...
Mark Ferguson
Should I sell my Colorado rentals and invest somewhere else?
I have 15 rentals in Colorado that I have bought over the last five years. Most of the houses I purchased from $80k to $130k, made repairs and rented for $1,200 to $1,600 a month. I looked at my last couple of purchas...