JR Rivas
Avoid single family as a new investor?
Hey all!
I’m a relatively new investor & I was talking to some buddies and they basically told me to avoid single family like the plague because if one person leaves you’re at 100% vacancy.
What do you guys thin...
Robert Wood
Being sued over security deposit by tenant who never moved in.
Hello Bigger Pockets!My wife and I are looking for a bit of legal advice. We recently moved to the Seattle area from Texas with our 2 month old daughter, leaving behind three rental properties, two long-term and one A...
Peter MacKercher
Lease Options SAFE Act and Dodd Frank
http://www.realtor.org/topics/seller-financing/the...http://www.cnbc.com/id/47075854#.I dont see how a lease option violates this.
Ben Feder
When should I start investing in real estate?
I am new to investing and have done some self-educating over the past few years by reading books, forums, blogs, and listening to podcasts and webinars. I still feel like I could learn a lot more: I feel like I genera...
Jed Butikofer
No more mortgage payment, but not yet FI/RE: How should I utilize these funds in REI?
Hi Everyone!
I recently started with a new company that is paying for my housing, vehicle, and fuel. This has freed up my income substantially from where I was working previously. Looking for thoughts and suggestions...
Eddy Dumire
Diary of a PIG -- Fredericksburg, VA -- SFH
In a nod to Ben Leybovich, I bought a PIG. I'm going to tell everyone how things work out for me on this thread.The deal:2/1 house in Fredericksburg, VA. It's a very small 725 single story all brick on a crawlspace ...
Jimmy M.
Sister now feels unsafe: Peeping Tom Situation
Hi, Looking for advice for my sister to get out of her lease before we contact the landlord again. Here's the situation: For the past few weeks, around midnight once or twice a week she thought she heard porn being ...
Shane H.
Publicly SHAMING an evicted former Tenant? Do it or not?
I've been a landlord since 2006. Up until now I've never had to evict a tenant. I've had people owe me what I would consider decent sums of money however always treated those tenants with respect from our first inte...
Jeff Kehl
Are Vacation Rentals ever cash flow positive?
I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...
Golan Corshidi
Is investing based on appreciation a recipe for disaster?
One of the most common topics discussed on bigger pockets and other real estate forums is the decision between a property that cash flows and one that has the potential to appreciate. To take this further, I recently ...