Lily Ardila
Vacation Rentals 1,000 miles away from primary residence?
Hi All!Currently looking to purchase our first vacation rental/second home with 10% down. We live in the metropolitan Washington DC area and as you can imagine, its pretty expensive to really pay 10% on anything here ...
Kevin Hoff
Investing out of state
Hi everyone,
I am new here and new to real estate investing. I live in the San Diego Area in California and won't be investing in real estate in California because it is too expensive. I would like to buy a rental ...
Account Closed
Flooring choices for rental rehab
Hello everyone,
I'm looking at doing a rehab of a 4 unit building (3100 sqft) and I was wondering what people thought about flooring. I don't want to use the home depot bargain bin flooring, as I have not had good ex...
Gavin Grady
Investment strategies in current Minneapolis market
Hello All,I’ve always been extremely interested and drawn to REI and during my journey to increase my knowledge I found BP. I have spent the last few months trying to learn as much as I can through books, podcasts, fo...
Robert Tinker
RV and boat storage
Thinking into the future. Curious about RV and boat storage as an investment strategy. Anybody doing this? Pros vs Cons. Can you purchase one with an SBA loan? Thanks in advance!
Diane G.
If you are buying when unemployment is 4%, you are buying trouble
I googled the unemployment history of US, and here is the chart... Out of the past 65 years, maybe 10 saw unemployment at around 4%....All other 55 years were higher.... If you are buying RE in today's enviroment when...
Melanie Stephens
Seeking Biggest Mistakes and Lessons Learned Stories (Again!)
Hello BP Members! I write a regular column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine on people's "Biggest Mistakes" in real estate. Do you have a "mistake" story and lessons you learned from it? I'd love to hear it! (Thanks t...
Tim Ward
What would you do?
Hi Everyone!
I have a 5800sq ft, 4 unit apartment building in New Brunswick, Canada that I bought a couple of years ago. The building is quite old and has lots of old/dated wiring that has made it un-rentable until i...
Michael C.
Types of Homes for Rentals
Just started my third book that was recommended through this site "Rental houses for the successful small investor". I did notice it was written in 1999 so I'll take parts of it with a grain of salt but expect the o...
Thomas Handy
It's Feb 2012, what did you accomplish in the first month
I thought I would touch on a different topic as a way to see how everyone has started off the year. One month is down and did you start off the year with a bang?
I was gearing up for a great 2012 until Fannie Mae w...