Brian Barfoot
I feel like I've just run a scam.
So a little backstory first: Ten years ago I moved back to upstate NY looking to buy a starter house for myself. The original plan was to get a duplex and house-hack but the realtor talked me into getting a single fam...
Seth Firestone
Losing Money Due to Vacancy
I live in the Northern Virginia area where most of the properties have about a $3,000 a month mortgage. My partner and I are looking to buy our first property soon and we plan to house hack it for a year. I think ab...
Charles A.
Preparing for the Apocalypse.
The new government in DC is barely 60 days old.Yet one of the most noticeable early goals it has set for itself is the repeal of Dodd-Frank.Although this law is more complex than most people seem to think,it might be ...
John Jilnicki
South Carolina Tax deed and surviving liens
In South Carolina, when you buy property from teh County at a tax auction and get a tax deed from the County, and there is an HOA, but there is no HOA lien on file, is the property still subject to liens for prior HOA...
Account Closed
First Duplex Purchase and Renovation
Hello!I have just purchased my first Duplex in the Milwaukee area and I will be living in the upper unit while renting out the already occupied bottom unit. The upper unit needs some renovating before I move in which ...
Dan DiFilippo
Real Estate And The Life-Cycle Economy
Those here who are familiar with more conventional investing may know about life-cycle funds. For those who are not, a life-cycle fund is a fund that is chartered in such a way that it invests according to the intere...
Nathan Gesner
20,000 posts . . . and at least 17 of them were useful.
This will my 20,000th post on Biggerpockets. My first post was made about 13 years ago, just as I was getting my license and starting a property management business.Unlike many on BiggerPockets, I am not here to build...
McKellar Newsom
Who here remembers the RTC?
When I was 25, the resolution trust corporation (RTC) was auctioning off saving and loan debacle properties. I believe the RTC was formed by the government trying to bail out the S&Ls in trouble. I remember thin...
Account Closed
New Elevator needed in 2 buildings (1 mixed used, 1 residential). Anyone have experience
I'm in the process of joining the business with my family. I'm new to all this real estate investing and management, but I figure it's pretty common sense and takes some creativity. Anyhoo, 2 major things that stand o...
Bryan Tilos
Newbie Finding Niche
I just started the the Ultimate Guide to Real Estate Investing by BiggerPockets and find it very insightful! I just completed reading the "finding your niche" section. When you started, how did y'all go about findin...