Patrick Lemay
New to BiggerPockets, located In Boston, MA!
Hey all,My name is Patrick and I'm a digital marketer located in Boston, MA (from New Hampshire originally). I came across the BiggerPockets Podcast a couple of months back after doing a bit of research on house-hacki...
Robert Fisher
Growth rates of city property and suburb properties.
It would seem city properties (for example those in SF or Silicon Valley) increase in value more than the surrounding suburb properties (for example, Sonoma, Contra Costa counties). But I wonder if that's just from i...
Thomas Daly
Changes to FHA interest rates?
Hello! I am in the middle of my pre-approval process and my plans have encountered a bit of an obstacle.I was planning on using FHA as a first time home buyer with the goal to owner occupy a duplex. This financing opt...
Jonathan McCullough
Newbie Investor in Tucson, AZ
Hey all, I'm a 21 year old airman in the Air National Guard. I have zero real estate experience if you don't include the internet research Ive done. My 'outside my comfort zone' efforts haven't gone past doing some mi...
Jeff G.
Contacting Probate Leads by Phone
Is there any benefit to directly calling the probate lawyer and/or next of kin to register your interest in the estate's property instead of sending a yellow letter?If you do send a letter, is it best to send somethin...
Nick Mulligan
Small Mulitfamily's in Big Apartment Markets
How do small multifamily's (3-4 units) fare when located in markets that generally have a large supply of large apartment complexes, like Orlando, Dallas-Fort Worth and similar markets. I am currently in Massachusetts...
Eric Petersen
How much equity before the 2nd will bid?
I have tried to search so if I missed this somewhere, sorry.In the experience of the group, how much equity does it take for a second to bid at a foreclosure sale? I typically will only bid on firsts, but a few of th...
Craig Gaydas
New BP Member from Central Florida
Howdy BP members,My name is Craig Gaydas, and I am new to both Bigger Pockets and to REI in general. Just a little bit about me: I have been a supply chain procurement and operations professional for over 20 years inv...
Clay Walker
Equity List Criteria
So I'm trying to refine my equity list on listsource.com and key in on the mid level price range houses in my market. My first ever mailing that I sent out I didn't specify a price range so I got a few phone calls fr...
Andrew Zannotti
Identifying properties before they go into foreclosure
Hello everyone!First, I wanted to say thanks to everyone on here because I've learned so much from these forums over the last 2 years.
Recently I started working towards going directly to seller because MLS prices in...