John Foster
Experiences with Lease Options
Hey Everyone,
I'm considering lease options as a future investing strategy and am curious to hear others experience with it. Do the tenants often buy the house at the end of the deal? How long do most lease options g...
Chase Cline
Rentals Taxed on Net Income Which Doesn't Include Mortgage?
Hi Everyone - I have 3 STRs and have gotten very serious with looking at the full financial picture on them now that we have a CPA. We just bought the last two in the last 6 months, but have had our first for almost 5...
John Hunt
Young 20's investing - What are my advantages?
This fall I will be starting my final year of college and plan on graduating with an engineering degree. Over the last year and a half I have become very interested in real estate investing, particularly rental proper...
Shannon Park
Looking for the best out of state market!
Hi All! My name is Shannon and I live in San Francisco, CA. Currently 28 yo and have around 100k ready to invest. I am very new to real estate and currently do not own any properties. I and am looking for a market tha...
Darius Niz
Paying my agent per hour and no commission
I have a question... I'm an out of state investor and I find properties through the MLS and Loopnet. Thus, I ask my agents to go out and take a video walkthrough of the property so I can decide on whether to make an ...
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...
Susan O.
Top Markets to invest in for the next few Decades?
I was wondering what you all think are some good solid markets:Rising Populations - Migration expected to increaseSolid strong economy. With different industriesJobs Jobs JOBS long termGood weather long term - despite...
Ronald Perich
401k vs REI - Data tells the story?
The debate on the efficacy of REI investing over a 401(k) has raged for a long time on BiggerPockets. Thanks to a message from @Christopher Throop, I revisited the topic when he let me know a file I used during an ear...
Damien Lee
Did I do something wrong? ATL, Ga Deal Analysis (awful returns)
Hi all,
I've just recently started looking into real estate investing and wanted to go ahead and start posting the deals I analyze. I’m currently not looking to buy this home (you’ll see why if you read) but I am loo...
Mark Updegraff
Share your WORST tenant requests?
Relative newbie to Landlording 101 (just over 2 years)
What is the WORST (stupid, funny, challenged etc) request a tenant has made to you? It can be written or verbal
I'll go first, I expect you more experienced la...