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[WHEE I've been a long time lurker here until today!]
Hello BP,
My name is Willy Lew and I live in Seattle. I got my start in real estate back in 2012 when I bought my starter home and thought it was too good to be ...
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Hi everyone, I am working on a rehab-to-rent in North Carolina that has some crawlspace moisture and wood rot issues. I'm going to end up replacing 30+ floor joists in this property. Having a repair of this magnit...
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Hi Bigger Pockets PossePrior Coronado San Diego based Veteran & Father of two boys (one who is currently driving letters all over our stainless fridge) from Pomona CA. Nov 2017 my wife & I bought our first SFR...
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I've been trying for almost a year to buy a 2 fam house in Brooklyn, NY. Something always comes up, or my private money has moved on by the time I find something. I'm leveraging myself alot here and wondering if ther...
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Hello everyone...I just sat down with a potential CPA to discuss my taxes and potential real estate issues. She told me that she had plenty of experience with real estate and that many of her other clients have inves...
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Hi BP Community,From a financial perspective, should my fiancee and I plan to buy a home after our wedding or keep renting? I have been tinkering with this dilemma for some time now and understand it depends on a mult...
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How would a beachfront condo compare to a beach house that was a block or two away from the beach do in terms of rental revenue? This would be assuming similar specs (3b/3b) and purchase price. Would appreciation be p...
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Hello all,
I've reached out to a few folks individually but wanted to start a thread on this as well. I'm an investor from the NYC area and recently took a trip out to Lehigh Valley, PA to get a feel for Allentown an...
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Hello everyone! I wanted to check in and ask how the investors in Redding are doing during these times? I had started a meetup that was getting a solid build up, but unfortunately, Covid hit and I had to stop it. Howe...
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Hello, fellow investors!I feel compelled to share my experience with Charles Lee and his business, Realty 103 in Birmingham, AL.After we were unsuccessful in closing the deal Charles and I had agreed on: we cancelled ...