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Husband and I have been renting 1 property for the past 3 years (and learning a lot from the experience). The property is located in Cook County Illinois (Chicago suburbs), and we have issues with the most recent tena...
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Hello everyone,
Wondering if a few of you can help me work this through. I am new to real estate (zero properties, currently a renter myself). I am currently using the FIRE strategy to become financially independent....
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My current lease for tenants is pretty basic. Covers the obvious things. I've lurked in these forums for quite some time and I've come across things where I think "Oh, we need that in the lease...and that...and damn w...
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HiMy name is Caleb Sandfort and I am a 33 year old software developer from Vancouver Washington. I've been interested in real estate investing since college, but have always been too scared to actually take the plung...
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Hi I'm Mark.
I'm a former real estate appraiser, full time stay-at-home dad while my wife completes a grueling post-graduate training program in Greenville, SC. I consider myself a green, wet-behind-the ears...
Good morning I completed my first 1031 exchange in 2019 however I am no being told by the CPA we incurred a mortgage boot due to not purchasing a property of similar sales price.
Property sold $1,200,000
Payoff $70...
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I recently started using the website although I’ve been a fan of the podcasts for awhile now. I’m currently working on improving my financial position as to be ready to purchase a small multifamily property. I have bo...
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Hello Everyone,I currently attend Georgia State University as a sophomore originally from Pennsylvania, I have been interested in REI for a while now, I've been reading, studying and watching videos all summer to prep...
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I promise no sales pitch, just my info and history. I'm 60 years old. I was a re broker in cal and col in the 70's, right place right time doing lots of investments and syndications. I was able to retire at age 29 and...
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Friends and Supporters,
I just wanted to share another milestone for BiggerPockets.com Real Estate Investing. Today we passed the 1,000,000 page view mark for the month! This is the first time we've had over one mi...