Jason Malabute
selecting a market to invest in
Hey guys,So my study shows that the South and midwest are the best places to invest in.1. How do you determine what state is the most promising?2. How do you select a city and submarket within the state to invest in?3...
Manuel A.
Check out my First Prospect! Guess the Repair Costs!
Alrighty my fellow BiggerPocketians, here are the crazy pictures of my first prospect. But before we begin, you may have noticed I uploaded a picture of my actual self... So yeah... that's me, nice to meet you all hah...
Gardy Saturne
Cancelling Property Management Contract
I'm cancelling my property management contract with my PM. I'm an out of state investor from NY and my duplex is in ohio. My downstairs tenant has mentioned in the past when trying to reach out for some assistance it ...
Josiah Halverson
What license and insurance documentation do I need to verify when hiring a tradesman?
I am new to rehabbing and haven't done any yet, but before I do my first single family home I would like to understand licenses and insurance better. Assume I want to rely on the hired help to manage as much of the...
Troy Sheets
Fishtown Flip Diary with Cash for Keys drama to kick it off!!!
We're kicking off a new project in the next week or so and it's been pretty crazy just getting to this point. The house is a 3-story, 1550 sq ft row and it's currently 3br and 1 bath. We've owned it for almost 2 month...
Nikolay Izmerli
My First Flip in Florida! With Photos! The house is sold
The really invaluable part of this experience has been education. I and my wife who was a designer of the project have learned a lot. We certainly made mistakes along the way, however understanding what went wrong pro...
Drew C Grossman
Strategies with high interest rates
I’m curious to hear what everyone is doing to navigate this market with high interest ratesInvestors, agents, buyers/sellers and lenders what are you doing to close deals? Are you having to get creative? The Fed is pl...
Cisco Hood
advise on if we should sell or wait to avoid taxes
Hello everyone! I would like some opinions or advice. Here is me and my wife's situation We bought our townhouse for a little over 60k and closed in September of 2016 (and this is our residence) our HOA is $125 a mont...
Jason Morton
The 2% rule
complete newbie here but, I'm reading "the ultimate begginers guide to real estate investing" (the free book you get when joining bigger pockets) and I stumbled across the 2% rule which states your monthly rent should...
Jason Merchey
The Definition of "Contingency Fund"
What do you all think the definition of a contingency fund is? I am the money partner on a major rehab project - my first. My business partner is an architect and is fairly knowledgeable about the market, which is...