Emanuel Blando
Local Governments Restricting STRs
On 5/3/2023 the City of Kansas City, MO announced that Short-Term Rentals will be completely banned in ALL residential zoning! I had not taken it seriously until I read a couple of articles outlining their plans. Mo...
Marcus Auerbach
Nobody is talking about the real impact of inflation
Predictions for inflation have been around for years, now it's here and it will be for a while. It's in the news every day. CPI (consumer Price Index) came out a few days ago with 7.0% for 2021 and when I look at the...
Jonathan Hasan
Determining appetite for risk in terms of leverage
Hello BP community,
As a new investor, I feel like a core pillar upon which success is built in real estate from what I have seen from other experts in this forum is being able to determine acceptable risk for a dea...
Peter Christensen
Collecting rent when tenant says they don't have it
I self manage a single family home as a rental in St. Paul, Minnesota. Three women signed the lease together last summer and have been good tenants since then for the most part. About a week before January 1st, one ...
Sean Gallagher
At what age did you guys get your own house?
I'm 19 years old and my parents have been getting on my case lately, Pay us this a week, pay us that, step up to the plate, you use our washer , our dryer, and the oven, you eat our food and so on. I think it's time ...
Laura Gonzalez
Aloha from Hawaii
Aloha,
My name is Laura, I'm originally from Colorado but I've moved around a lot since marrying a military guy. Currently I'm living in Oahu and very much wanting to stay here in paradise!
I happened upon the Bigge...
Mack Bailey
Real estate investing on a $15,000 annual income
To preface: I am making this post for many reasons, one of them being that I want to have a landmark post to look back on in the future. The other reasons are to get out my plan and largely to receive support and crit...
Thomas Handy
It's Feb 2012, what did you accomplish in the first month
I thought I would touch on a different topic as a way to see how everyone has started off the year. One month is down and did you start off the year with a bang?
I was gearing up for a great 2012 until Fannie Mae w...
Sandhya Gorman
too many inquiries- bad credit rating?
Hi,I am considering several locations (over 10) to invest in my next rental property. As such, I'm contacting mortgage brokers and filling out loan applications to get pre-approval letters. Will this impact my cred...
Kris Laku
Direction as a Beginner
There are so many different avenues that you can go with real estate and I was curious as to how investors (seasoned or new), are choosing where they start (i.e. wholesaling, flipping, creative financing, etc.) ?Start...