Syed Lateef
New Chicago Investor 2016 reflection & 2017 goals
As 2016 is coming to an end I wanted to write a quick post on some of my accomplishments and successes this year and thank to the people that have helped me get this way. A high level summary of my highlights and dea...
Yezenia Hernandez
SoCal Nurse Hoping to Retire Early To Be a Landlady
I have always wanted to invest in real estate but had some family/life stuff come up that slowed down my plans to such a point that I convinced myself I was too old to invest in RE. Here I am, early 40s, dreaming of r...
Curtis Bidwell
How Long Do Your Tenants Stay?
I just did an annual report for a lender, and while reviewing my rent roll discovered an interesting breakdown. My complex is 24 units, all 2 bed 1 bath, avg rent $860. I have Aprox 33% of residents that have been th...
David Echeverria
Successfully house hacking in Bay Area (or similar market) with FHA
I was wondering if anyone has been successful with finding a multi-family home in the Bay Area to 'house hack' that fit the FHA guidelines (recently)? My family would like to move to a nicer area, and thought that us...
Thomas Dudkiewicz
Brand new in Miami Florida and Motivated
When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful! --Eric Thomas--That quote reminds me everyday to push myself harder and harder so with every passing day I am that much closer to f...
Brandon Turner
BiggerPockets 10 Year Anniversary Party! Come Celebrate With Us in Denver on October 22nd!
Hey folks,Yep you heard us right! BiggerPocket was started 10 years ago this month, so to celebrate we are throwing a BiggerPockets Party on October 22nd in Denver, Colorado. So for those of you who live near Denver a...
Taylor Kendrick
A question about "appurtenances"
Hi there,I came across a section on appurtenances in my RE course and wanted to explore a hypothetical. First, here's an example of subsurface rights as an appurtenance (from the course):ExampleAn oil company buys the...
Paige Roberts
Please help! Evicting tenant with no lease as of June 2018!
I really need some advice here. I have tenants that do not have a current lease. I am trying to sell my property. I had a cash buyer this week. I had signed contact.and everything. Then it all went down the drain...
Derek Browning
New Investor in the Buffalo, NY area
Hello BP,My name is Derek and I've recently moved back to the Buffalo, NY (family is from here) area after spending the past decade across the border in Toronto.I'm in the process of getting my 1st property, pre-appro...
Benjamin Cohen
Networking as a Newbie
Hi Everyone! My name is Benjamin Cohen and I'm new here on BP, so yeah, I'm a newbie...
I'm 22 years old and graduating from college in December; however, I've been obsessed with Multifamily, cash-flowing properties...