August of 2011 I bought my condo for 175k. We did 5% down and spend quite a bit of money remodeling it to meet our needs. Back that time we couldn't find anything we liked, and this was cheap enough that we could spen...

HelloI'm new to Bigger Pockets. Can someone explain to me what votes are and if there is a customary way of reply to those who vote. I tried to find a glossary for bigger pockets. I figured out that Quote is reply and...

I purchased a property with existing tenants. Currently, each of them puts their rent in a dropbox. We changed this method to an online system. All of our tenants have signed up except one, who refuses to use the syst...

There are SOME downsides to being a "young buck" in the real estate game. Being a 23 year old I find it very difficult to aquire any funding for rehabs or any type of deal for that matter. I have no property for col...

I am doing the analysis on this property as a next flip.  Its a great house, the plan would be to purchase it for 60k, ARV would be 120 - 130k, it has a pool in decent shape, finished walkout basement with ceramic til...

Hi BP Family,

I originally started looking at out of state properties but have recently been looking in my area in DC/ Northern Virginia. At first I was not interested in looking in the Nova area because of the high ...

Just purchased an investment property built in about 1960.  We've just about finished repainting the interior, but there is a persistent (what I call) "old house" smell.  It's not from a former smoker, and it doesn't ...

Hi guys and gals,

I was wondering how did you start building your crew for a flip?

Do you hire just 1 General Contractor?

or

Do you hire sub contractors for each job?
( i.e. one for flooring, one for drywall)

W...

I come to BP for everything. I love this site and the people here have made it even better. I want to share, maybe not success, but my experience starting out in real estate investing.I do not have a blog so felt th...

Hey all,Does anyone have experience using CliqStudios.com for cabinets? These are plywood cabinets made from wood grown in the US (depending on the wood type), fabricated in China, assembled in the US, and require a 5...