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My very first post I told the BiggerPocket’s world that I am buying my first home! I started in January and boy was it a headache; An inattentive Broker coupled with Covid19 and a city wide shutdown can certainly set ...
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Hi Everyone I am new to BP and thinking real estate but have always been eyeing it for some time now. Lately I have been wondering about buying for myself first or buy rental first. I currently live in Santa Rosa, C...
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It seems no matter how much attention I give to the gutters they are filled and the water is overflowing and doing damage. How often do you all clean the gutters, and do any of you use one of the gutter “no clean” ga...
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Hello BP,My wife and I own one rental income property (outright, San Diego) and are looking to invest in a second or more (Houston area) to increase cash flow. I have been reading the forum posts on the debate between...
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Hello!My wife and I are wanting to start our career in house flipping/investing (while maintaining our current careers until we get off the ground) We are stuck at the beginning stages and need advice.
We have reache...
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I have a house where the chimney is falling apart and the estimates to take it down and rebuild are over $2K. I just have a furnace and hot water heater exhausting through it. The gas is off. Is there a reason I mu...
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Hello everyone, I believe I found a potential first investment property deal in Columbia, SC that I would like to pick up, but I wanted to see if anyone has any Property Management companies in the area they recommend...
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http://wreg.com/2015/11/15/property-management-ceo-jailed-for-bad-rental-properties/I sure hope no one has been doing business with this guy. This is why if your an out of state investor and your trying to go with th...
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Mostly looking to vent and see if other people who are investing in the area are feeling the same sentiments. Been looking for a while now for a MF property to house hack my way in real estate, but homes are low in in...
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My husband and I rented a two-bedroom, one-bathroom, separate entrance house (one entire floor of the house) in Astoria, NY. We moved here around September 2016 and have no problem with the landlord until now. We star...