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Hello everyone, my name is Jolu Talampas from littletown Minot, in the great northern plains of North Dakota. I currently have an ailing mother and grandmother who I need to be financially responsible for. In addition...
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We are first time real estate investors and thinking about investing in a FL vacation rental property. I have a couple of friends that have gone down this path that are showing me the ropes and I would also appreciat...
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Hi all,
I am moving out of my current rental apartment in order to pursue a house hack. My landlord worked with me to help re-rent my current lease so that I would be free to go and buy a house. She was impressed wit...
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I have attended a few tax auctions locally. A BUNCH of properties. Terms of the auction are I believe 500 cash and write a check for the balance the day of the auction. Now I am not going to go pull loan money not...
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Originally I hired a contractor in March 2015 for a job that he claimed would take no more than ten days. Three months later in March, he completed 80% of the work and had been paid 90% of balance. He claimed to be on...
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Dear Colleagues,
I am a newbie RE Investor from 'always sunny' Central New Jersey (and no, it did not snow on April 16th) wanting to say hello to everyone and to make new friends. I am happily married with 2 ...
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I was debating if I was going to put myself out here regarding my intentions for getting into real estate investing. I have been reading and learning alot, while observing the bigger pockets community and love all the...
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So..... now that they're including the cleaning fees in the search area as part of the per/night price.... mine look crazy expensive because we allow 1 night bookings. This makes no sense.
If I switch to 4 night or 7...
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A little about me, I have graduated in the Spring, and have been paying off my 115K of student loans while living at home. Through this I have been learning from bigger pockets, listen money matters, and many other so...
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I'm currently using a property manager for my two rentals. However, I have colleagues/friends who do not use them stating, "they like to keep their money." My feeling is that I don't know all of the ins and outs and...