Jon Martin
STR Owners: Anyone Switch to Body Wash only (no bar soap)?
Will be launching in around a month. I’ve always hated those tiny bars of hotel soap that barely last a day. With a larger group, you could easily blow through several of them which could add up and create stress rega...
Aymeric De Conde
Primary resident investment in NYC vs. rental property elsewhere
Hello network,
I am in a conundrum in terms of where to invest with say ~120k. I live in New York city and would like to start investing in a property for future passive income and I would like to have the opinion, s...
Michael Douglas Christensen
Out of state investing
Hi BiggerPockets! I'm a newbie and am interested in learning more about out of state investing - specifically in Milwaukee. I currently live in Utah and the prices generally seem way too high to find anything that cou...
Douglas Larson
77K return . . . but I wouldn't do it again!
Older home with great bones built in 1942 - needed full remodel.Purchase price: 235k - short saleProjected costs and time: 45k and 3-4 months.Actual renovation & carry costs $86k and 8 months of work.Commissions/c...
Brandon Turner
What would YOU do with this MANSION? (Photos included!)
Ok - so I got a phone call from my lead website. This guy wants to sell and get out from the house. My assistant looks it up on the county website ... and WHOA ... it's an old Lumber baron's mansion. 4500 square feet....
Eric Telese
Vetting agents during first conversation
Hello everyone. Before I make my first investment in RE, I want to establish contacts and find good agents to work with.As i search for and begin to inquire about properties on the market, of course I instantly reciev...
Bryan Hancock
Jobs Are Back!
Jobs are back and the economy is recovering. How do you spin this doom and gloomers?
Jobs Are Back! Recovery Abounds
Andy Wayne
Selling Farmland
Hello Everyone,
I have a couple of questions in regards to some real estate that I purchased 2.5 years ago. First a little background...I bought about 25 acres of farmland adjacent to some lake property that is famil...
Joe Koppel
I think I need to start over and re-frame my question
I am at the end of a divorce and had to sell everything. My home is on the market for sale right now and when it sell I expect to have $100,000+ free cash and I want to but some rental properties to get cash flow goin...
Michele Fischer
Lifestyle questions in rental application
For those who find their own tenants, maybe particularly for low income units, do you include any lifestyle questions in the application or screening process? For example, info on whether they own a lawnmower, how th...