Ben G.
Semi- Professional Poker Player, EMR Consultant, Real Estate Newbie
Hello Everyone,
My name is Ben Grise. I'm a part time poker player who has had a lot of success on the tournament circuit. I've final tabled a WSOP (World Series of Poker) Event, a WSOP Circuit event, and have been...
Zack Ladwig
Tenant wanted a roomate, changed her mind after move in
I have a weird situation and was hoping someone could give some advice.My renter has been a trouble free renter for 5 months, she (Suzie) is living by herself and makes more than 4X the rent. She recently came to me a...
Charlotte Dunford
Preferred rate of return question?
If you were to pay your investors $8,000 in preferred rate of return of 8% on their $100k capital investment, the second year the capital account amount would be brought down to $92,000 right? The second's preferred r...
Chuck Gerchow
Using Zillow to market your rental property Vs Craig's list
Ok so my house in Marysville,Wa became available after almost 5 years occupied with the same tenant. I have used craig's almost exclusively to find new tenants for the last 12 years. I was initially trying to get new ...
Jay Hurst
What goes into cash to close? What are closing costs and what are pre-paid items?
There is a lot of confusion about what comprises closing costs and prepaids and understandably so. I see a lot of posts on Bigger Pockets asking if I should refinance because my closing costs are XYZ. Often, these num...
Dan Williamson
Eviction List Court Records
Hi All,I spent a ton of time perusing the state and county websites to try and find info about getting an eviction list. After making a few phone calls, I was finally directed to a page with two email addresses. I fil...
Pete Tarin
Cash out Refi on Personal home or save up cash for 1st rental property
As a person who is new to Real Estate and Real Estate investing, is it best to save up cash or do a cash out refi on your personal home to purchase a 2nd home (1st rental)? Is there a financial calculator to determin...
Leila Moose
auction sales
Hi guys
I live in North Cal, been buying properties for a year, recently got interested in auction sales. I am hoping some of you could share some advice on how to buy from auction, (Trustee vs REO, tenant o...
Benjamin Richards
Investor new to New Hampshire
I've just moved back to the east coast from the southwest U. S. I started getting involved in real estate investing in 2009, and put together a portfolio of 5 SFRs in Tucson, AZ by the end of 2011. This was the rock b...
Kevin Snow
New Member Introduction
Hey BP, Long time reader/listener, first time poster. I bought my first property in Boston back in 2009 and rented 2 of the rooms out to friends. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was house hacking. I was livi...