Carlos Vega
When your rehab starts to go over budget...
I bought my first property (duplex) back in June of '18 via the "House Hacking" Method Purchase price was 90k with an ARV of ~130k. My initial Rehab/ repair budget was 15k.Goal was to get the work done and cash out re...
Julian Sung
California Registered Nurse looking to get into real estate
Hi,I'm a 26 y/o Registered Nurse (2 years experience) from Los Angeles and I've always had an interest in real estate investing. I've been lurking on BiggerPockets for about 3 years now but finally decided to post abo...
Mayson Madden
First time Home Buyer- Quad Plex
For StartersFirst off, BiggerPockets is an amazing site. I have been one of those lurkers everyday while listening podcast after podcast for almost a year now. Started taking the advice of Brandon and Josh and communi...
Account Closed
Proposed Metro Rail Extension by my units - Time to sell?
Hey BP Gang! Looking to hear your feedback on how the following issue may impact the value and rent premiums my property (duplex) demands. Some of you who reside in so-cal may be familiar with this issue.The Metro i...
Annie Li
HELP! Indy SFRs Have Been Vacant for Months...
Hello Everyone...I have been struggling with finding tenants for my last two SFRs in Indy and would love to get some advice from people who are experienced in Indy rental market. Any help is greatly appreciated. I h...
Jeremy Aldridge
Vacation Rentals
Does anyone have any experience is vacation rentals? I'm just north of Charlotte, NC and have played with the idea of mountain cabin rentals and ocean front rentals. Good investment/bad investment? Upsides? Struggles?...
Scott Trench
Should Early Retirees Take Advantage of Gov't Benefits?
So I've got a controversial topic to throw out to the BP community. On many recent posts I've seen online, I see members of the Financial Independence Community (no BiggerPockets members that I've seen thus far) talk ...
Parker Grissom
What to do with a sizeable inheritance?
Hello BP Family, My name is Parker Grissom and I new to BP. First, just a little back ground on me before we dive in. My brother and I lost our Mom to cancer in October of 2014. Our Mom was an amazing person. We could...
Dave W.
Re-fi offer from our lender (Wachovia)
We currently have a pick-a-payment ARM. We're not behind in the payments, but are paying the minimum pymt, resulting in about $1k/mo being tacked onto our outstanding loan amount each month in deferred interest.
Our ...
Michael Breedlove
Having Trouble Refinancing 4plex (our first investment property)
Hey BP! So, my wife and I purchased our first investment property in May of 2017 (a 4plex). We comepletely renovated one unit and moved into that one unit. We've increased rents on 2 of the other 3 units and soon ...