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Hello BP family, I'm in the process of closing my house in NE Tacoma, WA. The house has 2bd+1bth on the upper level, and 2bd+.75bth on the lower level. We're planning to convert the 2 cars garages into a living room a...
Last night I contacted an old friend of mine whose older brother is a real estate agent. He got into the field after getting his masters in a different area, and it just so happened that his friend from high school st...
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My condo is an HOA that is suddenly non-warrantable for conventional financing. To save money, management raised the wind and hail insurance deductible from 5 to 10 percent. That exceeds the 5 percent max allowed by ...
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Hi all. My partner and I have bought a few homes now. Flipped one, fixing two other up right now.
context of our experience- we bought our first home in Bozeman Montana. We lucked out big time. Bought on the heels ...
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Someone mentioned to me that I would need a broker license in order to start a property management business in PA. Is this true, and if so is there any way around this? For example, could I hire a broker to be the lic...
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Hi everyone,
My name is Scott and I stumbled upon Bigger Pockets while looking for information on rehabbing distressed properties. Tons of info on this site, so glad I found it.
A little about me, I am a master ele...
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Good Afternoon Everyone,My name is Christian Bukle, and I’m excited to introduce myself to you all. My journey has been anything but conventional, but it has shaped me into who I am today. After high school, I pursue...
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Henry David Thoreau, one of my favorite authors, went to the woods to live, in his word, deliberately. He lived at Walden Pond for 26 months, a journey of self reliance and spiritual awakening. “Simplify, simplify”,...
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I have always dreamed of owning and operating multifamily rental properties ever since I was a little kid.My mom has been in realestate ever since I could remember, everything from being a realtor, fix and flips, buy ...
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I've identified a piece of land that is off market and able to be purchased, roughly 40 acres. I have personally wanted to build my home on this land for 10 years, as I've always been interested in this.Issue is, I've...