John Logue
Virginia Landlord required to accept Section 8?
I currently have a townhouse advertised for rent in Northern Virginia, and just received a message through Craigslist asking "Do you accept Section 8?"
From my understanding, The federal Section 8 law is volu...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What are your "hard pass" items when evaluating real estate
Welcome to our Question of the Week! We have a lot of people who are entering the world of real estate investment who could use your wisdom. When evaluating a property, what are your automatic no or exclusion list ite...
Rubin Thomas
should I rent to a family with 4 dogs?
so my rental has been sitting on the market for a month and a half now. I've gotten a few showings but only one really interested prospective tenant who actually showed. everything on their app and credit report look ...
Fred Damali
pay off properties or use money to buy more?
My goals are to own enough real estate property that can produce 100k a year after all expenses and after having paid the ALL OFF. This will facilitate early retirement.
I am in mid 20's, and have 160k salary. I am ...
Eric Healy
$450,000 in equity, what do I do?
Hello BP!I have a good problem. I have a SFH rented out in the Seattle area, about three miles from Amazon’s HQ. It has gone up a lot in the last few years. It now has about 450K in equity. I have it rented and cash f...
Richie Thomas
Failure to pull permits- anyone been burned before?
There's a chance that I'll be closing on my first investment property within the next month! However I walked the property this morning, and I discovered that the conversion of the open-air carport area into an enclo...
Chaitanya M.
Best markets for cash flow potential
Hello Friends!! I am new to BP and real estate with a grand total of 0 deals done so really looking to get started and would love to learn from all of you experienced investors here. I am looking to acquire a property...
Mary Jay
Do you rent to people with bad credit?
Hi guys,I am not sure what happened to the rental market. All I am getting are people with bad credit. One newly married couple : she had 635 credit, he had a few evictions. The other couple: the guy had an eviction, ...
Account Closed
Need Feedback from tried and true landlords/buy and holders
I am looking for the guys who live and breathe this business with ACTUAL notches on their belts, rather than just completing the latest and greatest seminar (no offense, as I am a rookie too) to evaluate my proposed r...
Bob Lowry
Rental Rates
I just read the "Ultimate Beginner Guide" provided by BiggerPockets and noted the investment rule of 2%, and find it may not be realistic in my humble opinion.
If I am correct using the 2% rule, a home that cost $200...