I bought a house and had a checked out, well approved applicant sign a lease starting Jan 20th. He paid the full security deposit and rent up to Feb 28th. The next payment is due March 1st. I told him to sign up fo...

Hello, to all concerned my name is RW Carney III. While I do want to remain within the guidelines of the forum and not solicit business, I do not know how to make myself of value to a potential mentor without some sol...

Hi BP, I am new to the real estate investing world but have spent the last year learning more then I could have imagined through BP.  Just last week I purchased my first investment which was a Turnkey Town home in the...

I purchased a property in Birmingham, AL (Jefferson county) for $65K but on the county's tax assessor website, the property tax is being calculated as if the property is worth $84K.  It looks like that was the assessm...

I have a question for my fellow biggerpocketers Being the great entrepreneur I am (jk), I am looking to start a property management company. Ive had some pretty dumb ideas in the past that didn't work out,  and im won...

Hi everyone my name is Tristan & im from Orlando, I'm 20 years old & want to set up for my future. I've been doing research & studies say that Orlando,Tampa & Jacksonville are hot places for real estat...

I have found a bank owned, rather tattered house sitting on 1.6 acres in a GREAT neighborhood that will need significant rehab to flip and get in shape to sell. The bank is asking 49k. A contractor estimates about 90 ...

I'm thinking about going to a seminar all the way in Riverside this morning for investors club with flipping houses and want to make sure it legit. I Googled that name and no reviews came up. They want $1200 for the m...

After doing mostly fix/flips, foreclosures, tax liens, I'm looking to buy my first buy and hold rental.  I've been running the numbers and typically use 5% for Cap Ex, Vacancy, and repairs, which I think are the numbe...

Hi, I am trying to buy my 5th home (existing 1 - primary, 3 other investment). I am aware that Fannie Mae has reserve requirements for home 5- 10 and in my case I have to show six months of reserve for all 2nd -5th h...