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My name is Nick and right now, I am currently living in a rental home. Upon moving in, I painted the walls and ceilings noticing discoloration. The previous tenant smoked in this home, and I am afraid that my health...
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In 2013 I had some good timing. Purchased a four unit apartment building, built in 1980 with major tenant and management issues. It cost me around $360k all in but I used an FHA203k loan so my out of pocket was around...
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Sorry in advance for a long post; I want to write a detailed post on how I got started in RE investing a few years ago, the lessons I learned along the way, and why I'm thinking about stopping now. I want to be as spe...
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Overcoming the mindset of paying down mortgages is a dilemma for me. Considering the low interest rates I am going to refinance a couple of my SFH rentals and my primary residence. It makes financial sense to me to ...
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Introducing Long Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Properties by David Greene.Is your local market keeping you from investing? Are you leery of investing in a property where y...
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My backgroundI've been investing in SFRs in my local market since the 2009 crash. I started off pretty clueless but ended up with a few successful rental properties. If I got to do it over again, I would have been muc...
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First of all, why is there no dedicated BRRRR section in the forums?Anyway, this is about one point that Brandon and David made in the Bigger Pockets Real Estate Investing Podcast #327. It is an excellent episode and ...
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When a wholesaler puts a property under funds, do they have to have proof of funds? How can they if they don’t know who from their buyer’s list (if anyone) will purchase the property. (If I had the funds, I’d just buy...
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I heard that there is no license needed to broker private/ hard money loans, Is there any truth to this? I know that you don't need one in the commercial sector. Is there one needed in the residential hard mney sec...
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Hello,I have a question about whether property manger is at least partially responsible for repair costs on bursting pipes due to heating being off after tenant abandoned the property. The property manager for one of...