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My RE Success story. Thanks Biggerpocket.com community for the inspiration and guidance. I posted this in the commercial real estate forum as well. Not sure how to cross post (if even possible). Reposting it here. I ...
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As an investor, after you reached your 1st year owning your rental properties, did any of you keep your rent the same, or increase it? What's the smartest decision, why or why not?
Thanks for your time,
Rhea
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I just bought an out of town duplex (1 1/2 hours away). I’m in the process of advertising and listed in a local Facebook buy sell and trade. I was getting a lot of inquiries and I would say about 90% who don’t even qu...
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Good morning BP community!
I have been studying REI for about a year now and am ready to move from analysis paralysis to making my first deal happen in 2013. I attended my second local REIA meeting last night and was...
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Hi Everyone. I have been on Bigger Pockets for a month or so. Mostly quietly but getting more active.I was born and raised in Seattle and have spent the last 15 years working overseas for a humanitarian organization. ...
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I'm not the greatest at Math so if anyone can help me calculate the yield on this deal it would be greatly appreciated. To me it looks like a good deal. Clause in contract makes Tenant buyer responsible for maintena...
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I posted this in the "Pro" section, but that crowd doesn't seem to be super active right now, re-posting here to see if anyone has any ideas.
I'm considering a JV partner on some upcoming projects, and have n...
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Hello! Long term tennants are going through a separation (4yrs). The wife wants to move out with the children and have her name of the lease. There has been a lot of fighting and she wants to move out at the end of th...
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Hi all,I'm curious to get your thoughts on whether you think a 15 or 30 year mortgage is the right way to go for a buy + rent out strategy? Suppose my goal is not necessarily cash flow (say I have a full time job tha...
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I saw a deal recently from a wholesaler on BP and I wanted to run something by some of the more experienced investors. I'm well aware that most wholesalers tend to "dress up" their ARV numbers and "dress down" their ...