Thanks for reading my first post on Bigger Pockets. I need your advice. In 2015 my wife and I sold our home in LA for a healthy profit and moved to SLC. I knew nothing about real estate, but listened to my CPA and dec...
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Hello BP Community!I was wondering what Online Service do you use to allow your tenants to pay online or through direct deposit? Any tips that you have to share for a first-time landlord is also very much appreciated ...
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Hello Everyone, Recently in one of my STR homes, the tenants cause major destruction to the property. It looks like they rented it for 2 days and went wild. Holes in walls, broken bathtubs, smoking weeds in the hous...
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Hello Everyone!
My wife and I are looking to start our journey on real estate investing. We are wanting to hit the ground running. We have a couple of roadblocks that we are trying to overcome. We are struggling to f...
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Hi Folks!
I have a few single family rentals (Oregon and Texas) and they're doing great, and I have a large amount of equity in each house. I live in Oregon and am purchasing a storage facility in Texas for $450k, th...
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Hello everyone!I'm looking for a good house hacking property somewhere within ~30 minutes ish to Midtown Atlanta. Duplex searches on zillow come up with many homes which are just 2 floor SFR town homes so finding pro...
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We're closing on our first STR next month (yeah!) and need to get the property set up for renters. Please tell me about some of your favorite STR furnishings/kitchen items/bedding/towels/security gadgets/etc. Put on ...
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I'm looking for some input. The property is around Cypress Hills near East NY which are supposed to an up and coming Brooklyn neighborhoods. It is a legal 2 family with two apartments and a fully finished basement. ...
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I'm leaving in rented apartment in Fairfax County, Virginia. My apartment manager gave me notice to evacuate apartment. I visited rental office to discuss the extension of lease term but she upfront rejected extension...
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I've seen a couple threads over the past week where the OP has questioned how to find comps and estimate ARV. Marty Boardman and I discussed this topic a bit at the BP Summit last month, and I also put together a qui...