Dakoda Spencer
I Want Out, Any Suggestions?
Hey BP,I want out of my full time job at IBM. I'm sick of it. I know, I know. Working a job (even if you don't "like" it) is a part of "growing up". Working this job is one of the most unfulfilling things I've ever do...
Alexander Wardell
Inheriting tenants with A LOT of occupants.
Hello everyone, I am in the process of buying my first real estate investment property and I am hoping to gain some insight into a particular situation that I have found myself in today.A little information about the ...
Ihe O.
So you are running a business!
I keep reading people here saying "Your rental properties are a business" as a precursor to some inflexible dogma about sticking to the letter of agreements and pursuance of remedies for breaches. Let me point out ...
Will Gaston
What's the best or most useful clause in your lease?
All:I'm about to begin the annual update on my lease for my student rental properties. What started out as 4 pages in 2006 is currently 17 pages long. And I expect it to fill 1/2 of the Library of Congress by the time...
Matt Scott
First Time Turnkey Provider Investor w/Concerns
Hi all, New investor, have spent a few mos doing my research. There's a few concerns regarding Turnkey Providers (+ any investing in the common markets) that I have. This might be slightly rambling and maybe i'm cyn...
Gordon Starr
Should I hire my own kids to work for me?
Hey everyone,I am a sole proprietor with a steadily expanding buy and hold portfolio. My kids are age 8 (son) and 10 (daughter). As a single dad with sole custody, the kids have always tagged along in some way - somet...
Chandler Smith
When is the right time to get in?
I contacted one of my mentors after not talking for almost year while I built up some capital. Which a year ago he told me I needed to save more before I jumped into real estate. When I talked to him today he advised ...
Sadrud-Din Williams
Why Do 97% Of Real Estate Investors FAIL?
There's a lot of REAL Estate educational platforms out there promising to show you how to invest in real estate or flip houses, so why is it out of the hundreds of people that sign up for these seminars, these educati...
Michael L.
Opening the Kimono: My Out-of-State REI Experience
Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property. A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago. I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...
Ben Leybovich
Are You Depressed?
Real Estate is so freaking boring… and yet that’s all we talk about. Why – is it because this is all we are interested in?How about the meaning of life – would you engage in a conversation about the meaning of life? H...