Trevor Schmitt
Value of Bigger Pockets community
What's up BP community!?Over the last 7 years of my real estate career, the amount of educational value that BP has provided to me is astounding. I have recommended this community and its various platforms over and ov...
Candi Rivera
Buy/Hold Investment Property in North Newark
Hi everyone,I received an informal text message today from an acquaintance who's wanting to sell a 3 family investment property located in North Newark area. I've asked him to send me specs and pictures of the propert...
Joe Cummings
Rails to Trails
Does it bother you as much as it bothers me?I recently looked at an industrial building that had an old rail siding. So I followed the tracks up to see if the line they came off of was active. The tracks looked like t...
Joe Kato
Income ideas for 100 acres of woods in Connecticut Rhode Island
Under contract for additional property next to primary residence. 3 lots, sub-dividable, 2 miles from Interstate, 20 minutes from ocean, but in the quiet woods. Looking for ideas how to turn positive ROI on this lan...
Elaine Fawcett
Northeast CT / Northwest RI / South central MA??
Finally decided to buy my multi family that I've been sitting on buying for more than a year. I work in South Central Mass, Webster, so I have open to me all of the tristate area where it touches. I'm looking at rural...
David Begley
Accounting Software, Bookkeeping & Chart of Accounts
My CPA recommended last year that I purchase Quickbooks for my business, and if I sent his firm the chart of accounts for my business, his bookkeepers could log-in to my account, post transactions, balance accounts an...
Justin Glass
Should I get my license, even though I don't currently need it?
Trying to decide if I should get my license or not. I buy and sell real estate, mainly flips on hunting and recreation land, and have been very successful for several years. I don't need it to do what I do, but though...
Pooja Thakur Rahman
Investment property v. Second home
This is rookie question, I realize.
We are looking to buy our first investment property in an area we like and will likely retire to in a decade or so. In the interim and regardless of ultimate retirement plans, we ...
Deepika Namboothiri
Is high HOA fees a good idea for rental property?
Hi BP community! I’m making my first rental property investment in a market different than where I live. All condos seem to have high HOA fees which upon analysis decreases my cash flow monthly. Should I instead consi...
Scott Ellis
How to split loans on 2-property deal, one FHA one Conventional
I'm looking at a deal that is two duplexes on adjoining lots. Asking price is $315K for both.My lender says this would need to be two separate loans as they're separate parcels.I'm looking at doing one FHA and one co...