I’m renovating a 700 square foot SFR. It’s a total gut job, so I have an open canvas for the kitchen. I was planning on including a dishwasher in the kitchen, but my mom (20+ years & 10+ properties experience) t...

Hello, Bigger Pockets Community!!My name is Austin Jones and I am brand new to the community.  I am 26, and live in San Diego, CA with my amazing wife and a great big red Golden Retriever named Cooper.  I recently lea...

Hey all! My fiancée and I had bought a 1 owner, 1960's ranch fixer-upper to live in while renovating (with our 2 kids) 3 years ago. We have completely gutted the house besides the bedrooms and trying to finish up so t...

Hi All, Hope everyone is having a great holiday season and are making deals and money wherever you are. I have a few interest areas for the Syracuse market, which would be the first stab at long distance real estate i...

Hi everyone,My hubby and I are looking to buy land and build a container multi-family home in Los Angeles county next year. Does anyone have any container building companies they recommend? We've been bombarded with  ...

A house I am purchasing was built in the late 50's and has several outlets that are not grounded. The inspector suggested I install GFIC outlets. Do I need to replace all non grounded outlets with gfic outlets or can ...

Hi Everyone,I got a 1BD/1BA condo in Downers Grove, Illinois under contract for 15K on 11/4/2015. I put inspection deadline on the 18th and closing date of 25th. (Yippee! My first deal) A few days after the contract w...

Let me start the discussion off by just saying, Hi my name is Derek. My current occupation is Pro Account Sales Associate for The Home Depot. My passion is financial education and real estate investing. Im just puttin...

Hello BiggerPockets family,My wife and I own a multifamily apartment building, and we had a terrible tragedy a couple of days ago.We await the final police report, but there was an apparent murder/attempted suicide in...

Hey BP community, this is the first blog post I've done and am interested in seeing if this type of writing is helpful. Any constructive criticism in how I'm presenting this info is welcomed. I have a passion for help...