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Hello,
Well i am 26 years old, educated, job paying around 70k a year, currently rent, paid all schooling off, absolutely no debt, just started a Vanguard Roth IRA, and have quite a bit saved up in saving acc...
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I want to start out buying multi-family properties for rental income. I just landed a good job at a large engineering company, but the housing market is expensive here in Flagstaff, AZ, making the barrier to entry di...
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Hello All, just wanted to see how you verify your contractor. If they are a sole proprietor you need to file a 1099 right? How do you require them to verify their SS?
Thx!
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I'm 21, and married. Marrying young may not be the most financially intelligent thing to do most of the time; however, I feel like I actually have an advantage due to my wife being intelligent and not consumeristic. T...
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One of my tenants on one of multi-units, who had trouble paying rent sometimes in the past, lost his job two months back. I called his employer and confirmed that. I know he lived on paycheck to paycheck. The probl...
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So I’m coming to a close on my first single family flip and let’s just say the experience with the contractor has been less than what I had hoped for. Now he is expecting a payment of somewhere between $3500-4500 ( he...
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Last year I developed a couple of side by side condos, and sold them without much trouble at all. These condos were 1400sq ft with 2 car garages and basements. 2bed 2bath. Building cost was roughly 110/sqft with a gen...
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Hello BP community! My name is Michael Barone, and I live in Greeley, Colorado. I absolutely LOVE the site! I've listened to 45 podcasts already, and the wealth of information here is amazing! So, thank you ALL fo...
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Hello BiggerPockets Community!Earlier this year I came to the realization that I’d like to invest in Real Estate. Just to share a little about myself, after I came to this realization I primarily focused on paying off...
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Hi there, I'm new here; I have been thinking about entering real estate for years, and finally saved enough money to build a portfolio of rentals. I'm interested in multifamily units 5+.What's the next step after gett...