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Newbie here. To investors of buy-and-hold multi-family and small apartments: Do you use any financial criteria, or rule of thumb, to filter out properties for more thorough consideration? In the Ultimate Beginner’s Gu...
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New member from Green Valley, Illinois. I'm 21 with a fiancé and a child on the way. I'm very motivated to provide for my new family and am currently working two full time jobs with the intent to invest my saved money...
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How much property management companies charge for managing and renting properties in a form of VRBO?
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I am wondering if anyone work or live near downtown Seattle would be interested in having lunch or coffee together and talk about RE? It would be really casual, just to network and make friends.I love those meetups we...
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Hi, I joined a while back but have been quiet. I have spent a bunch of time researching RE notes and looking at various ways to get exposure to this asset class. I don't yet want to actively trade notes myself, so I'm...
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Hi BP members! I'm Robyn and my husband's name is Kyle and we are both so excited to have found the bigger pockets community. There is such a wealth of information and helpful folks on here, it's awesome! We are curre...
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Hello everyone, my name is Larmon and I am a new real estate investor from Chicago. I just recently joined BP, and let me say that this community is great. I started listening to the podcasts about 3 weeks ago and ...
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Hi,
My name is Lakshmi. I am from Northern California. A stay at home who came across this site by accident - why not spend time learning on something that I have no clue about :)
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We are currently preparing to get started with REI in the Phoenix area. Sometime mid next year.
We have some capital in our savings account. We also have some money spread around in various mutual funds; some in plai...
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Hi all,
I bought a house 64380 Thumb Dr, Palm Springs, CA as an REO for $75,000. My goal is to resell the house, I don't want this as a rental. I put in new flooring, new windows, new kitchen, new bathrooms,...