Alex Kosley
Paying off debt vs. investing in LTR - Thoughts?
I am a 29 year old male, married, with joint income living in Dallas. My wife and I bought our first home in Feb. 2020 for 360k (4bd/2ba), worth roughly 500k now. We were fortunate to save enough to buy a new primary ...
Hamidou Keita
Seeking Advice on House Hacking Strategy: Buying Single-Family Home to Build Duplex i
I’m looking to house hack in Tucson, Arizona, and have made offers on a few duplexes with the goal of living in one unit and renting out the other. However, the duplexes within my budget (~$360K) often require substan...
Account Closed
$1 Million In Rentals - How Much in Reserve?
Ok here goes.... I’ve finally put some of the useful knowledge I’ve acquired over the years on BP into action. My strategy is buy and hold and I’ve just acquired my third deal. I now have approx $1M in rentals but am ...
Amanda Thompson
Is 12% Management fee outrageous?
I currently own a property management company (started it one year ago!) and personally manage our own 22 investment properties. We are in negotiations to sell a chunk of land that has 15 units on it.The buyer "very m...
Kyle Kline
How do you fund property repairs/expenses if you are “investing for equity”?
On a recent Bigger Pockets Podcast episode (link above) the guest discussed the idea of investing for equity and not cash flow. Unless I missed it throughout the episode, I do not recall them ever discussing how you c...
Greg Appelt
Creative or absurd?
I have a unique opportunity on an off-market property. Older home in south St Pete that's just a 2/2 1193sq ft with a 2-story building in back that has 1 studio apartment. The owner's husband passed 3yrs ago and her...
Sokun So
Pickleball Court or Pool
Looking to add either a pickleball court or a swimming pool to a limited size backyard in a desert area like Las Vegas or Texas. Has anyone looked into the ROI comparisons for these amenities and decided one over the ...
Cory Ballantyne
Advice for a Newbie with only $5,000
Hello BP people!I'm new to real estate investing but have long loved the of land-lordship, architecture, anything real-estate basically. I've finally decided to start investing in real estate. I'm am currently only ...
Kenneth Rose
Should I focus on finding my first investment out of state?
Hi Everyone - I am new to Bigger Pockets and looking for some advice. Hopefully, this is the right place! I am currently living in New Jersey and finally working towards my first investment property (multifamily/Airbn...
David West
Short-Sighted or Prudent? Is it time to sell?
Hi Friends,
Here's the sitch. I have a duplex in a prime location in San Diego. I run both units as an STR and make good cash flow (~$30k annually) but it is fairly labor intensive. I purchased the home for $720k w/ ...