Jeff Cashell
First buy and hold in Columbus Ohio
Looking at making my second offer for hopefully my first property buy and hold. $78k single family split level. Solid neighborhood. 3 beds and 1.5 baths at 1609 sq ft. Traditional financing with 20% down. Taxes and in...
Shawn Hall
New member from Georgia
Hi All,
My name is Shawn. I have been reading articles and watching videos on Bigger Pockets for a few weeks now. We are just getting started as investors, and today was a big day: our offer was accepted o...
Joshua Strickland
Reserves (how much is too much)
How much reserve capital do you keep in place for your STRs? Specifically when scaling. 3-6 months per property or less once you have 4-5 properties? I’ve typically been conservative, but 6 months reserves for 4 prope...
Wouter Ceyssens
Seller showed. Is my agent out?
Newbie, trying to get my first house. Saw an interesting REO property recently, and in an attempt to be low maintenance for the buyers agent I had been talking with about REI in general (no brokerage agreement tho) I ...
Namal Burman
Renting the current home and buying a new home in San Diego?
Hello Friends,Had posted the below in another category copying it here to get more local folks:I have a property in 92127 area (Del Sur) which is my current residence and its has Mello Roos (MR)and high HOA even thoug...
Joel Owens
How to control water bills in your apartments??
Okay so in my apartments I tell the previous owner (I recently just bought them) that I plan on going in once a month and changing the air filter.
This way the units can be inspected some and also I know the power bi...
Keith A.
Mortgage note in deceased parents name and taking ownership through probate
I have a property (father's) that I can take ownership of through probate. The value of the property is a little higher than the mortgage balance but not much. If I rent it we will make about $200 per month. It was...
Edward Ruan
Bay Area Investing Metrics & Locations
So I've been looking at properties all around the Bay Area for a while, and it seems pretty difficult to hit the 1% rule anywhere I would want to actually live for a house hack. The closest option I'm seeing is maybe ...
Wesley Merriweather
This is my second deal........Please Analyze this Deal
Hello BP,
I wholesale in Augusta and I have a deal I have been looking to sale and at this point I need to sell ASAP so want to make sure that the deal presented is a good deal for my end buyer which is my nu...
Jennifer Fernéz
Methods for buying
I'm curious in hearing everyone's criteria when selecting buy and hold properties. Is it purely a mathematical equation? How do you know what neighborhoods are good? What do you look for specifically in the prop...