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I'm screening for my first rental tenant. Would you ever consider renting to someone based on them paying 4 month chunks at a time, this to be paid fully by their student loan distribution and not working income. This...
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Hey there everyone. I am interested in and have just begun to study how to get started in commercial apartment investing. I want to practice property / deal analysis as much as possible to 1) learn how to accuratel...
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Hello,My name is Sam Choi. I currently live in Walnut, CA near Diamond Bar. I would love to get into real estate. Currently, my dad has 1 4-unit property. So I would really like acquire some properties of my own. I wo...
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I am currently looking for my first deal in real estate investing and have been wondering what ways I can expand or grow my real estate portfolio. I want to start with the mindset of growing my real estate investments...
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Before today my mindset was buy cash flow rental properties. I talked to a semi real estate investor who inherited 3 properties. She told me I should flip instead of rentals because by the time you keep fixing issues...
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I know several questions have been asked about renting to tenants with pitbulls in the forums but I have a specific question I haven't seen addressed.
I was told by an insurance agent that renter's policies exist wit...
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HI there,
I have a tenant who unexpectedly sent me the next three rent payments with post dated checks. Apparently she will be traveling a lot and didn't want to forget to pay.
I have asked her to clari...
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Hi Everybody!
I joined Bigger Pockets last week and received such a warm welcome from members here. Thank you. This is a great online community and I am so excited to learn more, connect more and hang out here wit...
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Who here has purchased Rob Swanson and Steve Cook's Instant Empire Builders? Are you building new construction yet with no money and no credit and low risk? If you're successful doing it, would you say it is because...
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I already posted this but I fear I overexplained. I recently got a notice that because of "certain features" the insurance company's inspector found when giving my property the once-over, the valuation of my fairly st...