Shalom Shore
Help! Am I doing something wrong? Do I have what it takes?
I'm turning the community in the hopes that you can talk me off the ledge. Or at least provide some support or advice. I dreamed of investing in real estate for years. I networked my ass off and managed to buy four pr...
Tiana O.
How did you get your first 10 rental properties?
Hey BP Fam, do you remember your first 10 rental properties? As a newbie REI, I would love to hear more about your experiences starting out. I've set a 10 year goal for myself to acquire 50 rental units. As a shorter ...
Rob Cook
Are you Stuck in Neutral, unable to get started in RE investing?
Today, I read only two blog posts on BP, and BOTH were about the same subject. Getting Started in RE investing, essentially. I believe there are very real, and many imagined impediments to would-be, aspiring Real Est...
Doug W.
My first flip - I broke even
I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...
Larry Turowski
How do you handle the stress?
The latest one for me is my rehab contractor disappearing for 5 days. He finally returned my calls today and said a family member out of state had tree fall on their roof. He went to help fix it.But I find I stress ...
Donald Stevens Jr.
Help! Sketchy tenants
I'm dealing with a nightmare tenant! This tenant has been late with rent for the past several months (even later than my five day grace period). Rent was due on the 10th of this month and of course it was late. The fo...
Mike Jones
EIN# for Property LLC under a Holding LLC
When you have a Property LLC owned by a single member Holding LLC, how do you obtain an EIN# for it? Do you apply for the EIN# using your SSN as the member and owner of the Holding LLC or you obtain it by using the H...
Steve Walko
Classic debate: Pay down student loans or begin RE investment?
Hi everyone,I'm wondering whether my fiancé and I should begin to pay our debt down ASAP or begin investing in RE. I know there are intelligent arguments on both sides of this issue and that it depends on the details ...
Mary M.
Do you rekey when turning over a rental?
I always rekey all the doors in my rentals when I flip the units for a new tenant as I always worry about the liability of keys floating around. What is your practice ? What would be a landlords liability if a key fro...
Michelle Cohen
Property Management Woes
I own a triplex in Cleveland, and it's my first investment property. We closed mid-January. I posted before about our terrible property management company. That was in March. In May, it was acquired by another well-kn...