Nathaniel K.
Purchasing Investment Property Out of State
Hello everyone, I am looking rigorously to purchase my first investment property. I am leaning towards the direction of Section 8, due to low barrier to entry and guaranteed monthly payments. I understand the risks an...
Alexander Blake Summers
Location Analysis Method
Greetings all,
We’ve all read methods on how to analyze a real estate deal, running numbers, estimating rehab costs, incorporating taxes, capital expenses, etc. How much time and effort do we put into analyzing the l...
Serge S.
How does this story end? Prediction for 2020
I am perpetually game planning future moves and this exercise inevitably requires taking a position on how the near future will unfold and the best way to benefit. I am interested in hearing what BP users think is abo...
Ryne V.
How to proceed w potential lease option
Newbie here and here's the 411 on this deal. My cousin rents a house in Albuquerque that I stay at whenever I'm in town. He finishes law school in May at which time his lease ends (unfortunately he's not gonna be a re...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Jon Q.
Experienced Investors: Timing / Are you now doing deals?
Experienced investors, those with 10+ years of investment experience,…How many deals have you completed over the last 24 months? If you’re not actively doing deals, what are you spending your time doing? Property imp...
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...
Mindy Jensen
Analyzing Deals: How Can We Help?
What is your biggest problem/mistake/confusion when analyzing a deal?
MIchael G.
Need Eviction Help non tenant saying shes not leaving!
HELP!! So I have a tenant who let someone stay with him, but did not tell me about the person staying beyond the terms of the lease - 2 weeks. It turns out that person is ready to play the system and when I went to ...
Carson Wilcox
2nd Flip... Follow along!
Well, I am in escrow again... YES! I finished my first flip in March. Sold quick, great $, paid off all my CC debt and cleaned house. Now I have been looking for 6 months for another project! Dear wife is PRETTY ...