Kristine Norris
Manage property on your own or hire management company ?
Newbie here! I’m about to be a first time rental property owner. I’m considering having a property  management company run it for a while until I learn the ropes or indefinitely. Thoughts? and how should I go about...
Benjamin Orozco
Two of out of state Agents one upset.
I need a bit of advice here.I researched a out of state agent in Kansas Topeka where I’m looking to BRRRR. He was a decent agent I was in contact with him for about 2 months. I foundMy core 4. Real estate agent, Prope...
Alex Bejenaru
Direct Mail success in SoCal???
I wanted to get feedback if anyone is having any success with their mailering campaign in Southern California. It seem that the area is so over saturated with other investors sending yellow letters and other types tha...
Nik Moushon
Unique investment strategy - Need some opinions
I am under contract for me first...investment (I'm not going to call it a rental and you'll see why). Its a 5 bed/3bath, 2300 (+basement) SFH on .48 ac and is across the street from the hospital in a nice part of town...
Mike Reynolds
REFI/Finance MHP question
Sorry if this is tedious but wanted to lay everything out that may be pertinent.
Bought a MHP back in December. Made money on the purchase as we bought it for the appraisal of the land only. The previous owner only ...
Myia Ertise
Staging
Selling Homes in the World of Real Estate: Introduction
In order to revive the nearly unprofitable real estate market it is important that more and more homes are staged. This is a simple concept that ens...
Kamia Atkinson
New To Real Estate Investing and living in Atlanta, GA
Hi BiggerPockets! My name is Kamia Atkinson from Atlanta. I am new to Real Estate Investing, and very excited and ready to learn. I took a free Than Merrill Real Estate seminar a few weeks ago, and signed up for th...
Matt Whiteside
2nd deal under contract, turning into another learning experience
Well it's been a week since I closed on my first deal, and I am now moving on to deal number two.
A little background. This was actually the first call off my marketing that I sent out in Feb. Out of state owner of a...
Devin Haertling
Charging tenants late fees
I self manage 6 SFR. With my first lease I started with a flat $50 fee if rent wasn't paid before the 7th of the month at 9pm. A tenant took advantage of that and now pays at the end of every month but I get an extr...
John Anderson
HELP: Tax-Write-offs or limiting losses w/ high day job income?
Hi everyone, I need some tax and legal advice in my situation where I have been incurring a good amount of unexpected expenses, and after some research tax rules seem to allow up to $25K of write-offs a year, but is p...