Joy James
Tenants not able to pay rent
I have a tenant who missed last month and this month’s rents and another one who paid only partial rent for October.... both properties have mortgages... Do I need to inform those companies? Do I need to ask my tenant...
Tom Wilhelm
Feet wet. Ready to dive in... (Boston, MA)
Hello, everyone. I'm Tom.
Was active a couple of years ago, before running a wedding, newborn, new house gauntlet. Back now, ready to apply the hard learned lessons of our first purchase, an owner-occupied two family...
Swaga Deb
EPA Certification for Floor Installers?
Hello I'm an investor in Clarksville, TN. Has anyone had any experience/knowledge about EPA certification for floor installers? I'm on the EPA website and can't find specific information for this topic or state. My fl...
Inam Rehman
Step by Step Details on buying your first property
Hi BiggerPockets,
I have researched articles but did not find detailed steps and things to do while buying a property (SFH, duplex, triplex, quads). Please kindly take some time and make this into very concis...
Abel Tatek
Should I go to college if I want to be a real estate agent?
I'm currently a freshman in high school. I recently started learning about financial education and was wondering whether I even needed to go to college. Yes, college does open up some doors for me but that 4 years cou...
Faith E.
Question on initial saving
Hi All, I'm still fairly new here. I have been saving as much as I can on my low salary. How much do you think is a good amount to save before making the first purchase, especially knowing that there could be potent...
Mahsa Nicknam
Issues about filling loss in tax
I've recently heard that if an investor files loss in his investment property in filling his tax, it will effect his next mortgage by impacting on debt/income ratio. For example: If you earn $10000 from your rental pr...
Brandon Palmer
Multiple applications? Which to choose?
We have a newly purchased 3/2.5 SFR (with really good schools) and too many applications! (I would love to raise rent on all the applicants but that seems uncool).Group a: couple with 3 kids, self employed but suffici...
Khanh Tran
Refinance on a small building
Hi,I bought a small building (1200 sqft) for cash one year ago. I have leased this building to a commercial tenant, and i would like to refinance or HELOC for this building. This building is worth around 150K. I would...
Alexey Klimkov
Joshua Tree remodel permits/airbnb permit
Hi bigger pockets!
We've recently closed a house in Joshua Tree which we're going to run as an airbnb. We do some remodeling in the house and were wondering if remodel permits a must have? What would be potential rep...