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[b]NOTE FROM BIGGERPOCKETS ADMINISTRATION:
THIS DISCUSSION IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO DO BUSINESS. I HAVE KEPT THIS ON THE SITE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR NEWBIES TO READ AND LEARN FROM.
PLEASE ...
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I'm a broker in the Fort Bragg area in North Carolina. It's an opportune area for investing and we've seen out of state owners bringing more money in over the last few years. Particularly, people go crazy over multi...
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Hi BP!,I have been learning a lot lately from the community. Although, I am still in the search for the right first rental property for me, I went ahead and imagine different scenarios in my head.I read multiple discu...
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Is it just me, or does it seem like the NJ discussion is drying up? It used to be so much more active, and the past 6 months have had very few posts.
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Hey all, im new heresuch an awesome forum thanks to allso i want to start my new business and researched so much but as i dont know anything in this field i wanted to get help and others opinion on it, so here are cou...
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Hi,my parents are retired and are planning on retiring to colombia. We have a house in Pennsylvania and want to rent it out or sell it.I'm leaning more towards renting than selling cause the house is almost paid off a...
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I often hear people say “I only had $10,000 and I was able to buy a duplex in a nice neighborhood with an FHA loan, you can do it too! It’s that easy”. Seems like this is disingenuous. They leave out closing costs, em...
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So, I just read this story about a homeowner who has squatters in her house but because of the way the laws in Georgia are apparently written, the authorities won't kick the squatters out. Absolutely crazy!https://www...
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Hello BP community,I am in the process of looking into purchasing my first investment property (SFH) and i know from listening to the podcasts and reading the forums that a good deal would be to purchase a property ut...
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Hi Bp am in dentist office waiting for my turn I thought i need to take your opinions, i have a rental application It has on it 1adult with 8 kids ((wow)) know my question if she passes all the screening, would you r...