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I’m thinking about purchasing a vacation rental in the great Smokey Mountains. I wanted to chat with some people who has some experience with these, or maybe someone possibly has some for sale.
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Good Morning BPers, A quick question for all of the more experienced investor/agents out there - has anyone started as a RE Agent while still holding a full-time job? I want to get my RE Agent license, but in my stat...
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What's your advice for convincing your spouse to get interested in House Hacking?I love Scott Trench's Set for Life House Hacking mindset. Since 2009, I've owned a foreclosure-rehab turned house hack (5 BR 3 BA). I li...
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What are your thoughts to renting to a tenant who went under Chapter 13 bankruptcy? Tenant that applied has a very low credit score of 545 and is under Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Credit check reported bankruptcy on ...
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I'm on a Portland, OR real estate broker's email list (I was thinking about buying in Portland a few months ago) and received what appears to be a pretty alarming change the city council is trying to pass this Thursda...
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As a new investor in Southern California, I'm on the hunt for a midwest city to invest in where RCR on multifamilies is a little better. I've been looking in Milwaukee and I keep seeing all these properties that look...
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I was not sure where to post this. Is anyone investing in Opportunity Zones either directly or through a platform? If so, what strategies are people working on, and if you are using a platform, which platform is loo...
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Hello, I'm looking for some advice on my situation as a 28 year old. My real estate goal is to buy enough cash flowing rental properties to retire early and I should need about 10-12 to reach this goal. My short term ...
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Hello,
I have some questions about Lease Optioning a property:
1) Who has the insurance on the house? The originial owner?
2) Who pays the taxes and/or gets the tax write off on the property?
Any help would be appr...
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Hello all. New here, but I've been a full time investor for a few years now. Anyway, I'll get to the point. I bought a small REO apartment complex three months ago for $100,000. It was totally trashed. Vandalized...