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There are many posts and have heard several guests on the BP podcast advocate for getting your real estate license, but no one ever talks about the downsides.I'm a southeast Michigan-based investor who is using direct...
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Hello! My husband and I posted our first rental property (single-family home) yesterday and decided to NOT allow pets. I received a reply from someone asking if I'd consider. My immediate thought was no. We are being ...
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I was to purchase a condo in Washington DC this month. I had a pre-occupancy contract which expired the day before the FHA certification and financing. The contract ended as it was to be the settlement. The sett...
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Hi y'all I am a new agent in Arizona and I want to set my business up the correct way. What are some of the things that you would recommend that I do in the first 30 days of being an agent?
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The seller for a 12 unit complex I’m looking at has been refusing to provide detailed financials. They sent a flier with high level figures but the numbers don’t look right. This is student housing and sell says the m...
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I got myself into trouble by verbally agreeing to a tenant's question during a signing over a year ago:These A+ tenants said, "We're interested in getting a dog at some point. If that's ok, we can sign a two year leas...
So I’m in unfamiliar territory here in regards to an inheritance, so I figured who better to ask than the experts here. Here’s my situation:Unfortunately my father passed away a few weeks ago, and my sister and I are ...
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Hi everyone,
I was thinking that there should be a way for tenants to pay rents others than by mailing a check, money order to the landlord ( no property manager ).
What are some ways to do this ?
Also, how do you ...
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Hi Bigger Pockets,
I am newbie investor looking to get started in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana region or Conroe Texas region. I have $40,000 to devote to investing and looking to make a start in multi-family 2-4 unit n...
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Situation: in 2017 I got a property under contract for $60k. Found a buyer, who paid $1000 earnest money to the owner. Owner was elderly, and his wife had passed away in 2010 without leaving a will. So estate had to g...