Henry Clark
Self Storage- beyond. Silver Lake Subdivision
We sold our largest self storage location. See separate post. Wanting to reinvest back into the market so we do t lose out to inflation. Part of the funds we are closing on a five acre future Storage location. Will ...
Jill F.
The affordable housing situation right now is desperate.
I just listed an apartment on Friday. It's in a "D" neighborhood. It's my first turnover in over 3 years (39 months) in these buildings (2 side-by-side quads). I had **13** solid, completed applications (not just vag...
John Gach
Informed tenant of raising rent, they claim they can’t afford it.
So I bought my dads property, it came with a tenant who has lived there since the day he bought it 30 years ago. He never raised rent, it’s at $400/month. The unit isn’t very nice, she’s a smoker and there’s nicotin...
Joshua Dorkin
Investors Who Do vs. Investors Who Don't
I'm trying to figure out the difference between investors who do, and investors who just talk about investing.....
What finally motivated you to start investing in real estate? What I'm actually really interested in...
Elizabeth O.
Selling a rental property owned less than a year
Hi! I'm a new member trying to decide whether to sell a rental property and would appreciate any opinions.
The property is a SFR in San Francisco. It has 2/1 upstairs in the main house and 2/1 downstairs as a...
Brandon Turner
How Do YOU Find Good Contractors?
Hey folks, I'm working on a blog post for BiggerPockets called "How to Find a Great Contractor" and I'd love some community input!So... how do YOU find good contractors? What's your best tip? (answers may be used in a...
Matt Turcutto
HELP Discouraged flipper with dismal direct mail campaign results
I recently started a house flipping business (although I'm not sure how good of a business it is since I have yet to flip my first house). After researching for I can't tell you how many years and after what seemed li...
Brie Schmidt
We did it! We hit our investment goal!
Last week we hit our investment goal of $35k a month gross rental income. We bought our first investment property in August 2011 and the vast majority of our growth has happened in the past 10 months. We (my husband...
Account Closed
Frustrations With RE Investing
Hi everyone!Some quick background info on me. I've been involved with REI since I was a child through my dad. He's a very successful real estate developer here in California and over the past 20 years, he's developed ...
Anna Watkins
Atlanta neighborhood classification question
I'm looking for some benchmarks for figuring out how different areas in intown and near OP Atlanta are classified (A, B, C, D areas). I bought my personal residence 'across the tracks' in the City of Decatur 20 years...