Caroline Benish
CA luxury rentals and top dollar land
I live in Beverly Hills, and despite what people think, I see so many run down homes every day that would make for a great BRRRR. I need to do more specific research, but the monthly rents for 2-bed luxury rentals (in...
Christopher Nerio
Currently have FHA, should I go conventional and increase my IR?
Hi, I am trying to think of the best decision to make with the loan on my current home. I have gotten mixed answers on what is the best route to go. Anyway, I bought my home in 2015 with an FHA. I now rent out my enti...
Troy B.
New landlord Rough Start
The other day A 20yr college kid looked at a rental I had and immediately said he wanted to reserve it to move in on the first of the month. It was against my better judgement to rent to a college kid but he had a ful...
Michael Ricklick
Newbie – Shopping For Best Rate
Two months has led to binging on the first 105 BP podcasts and reading real estate books, I’m now ready to pull the trigger. I have my first buy/hold duplex deal under contract.
My dilemma, I’ve asked five lending i...
D Higgs
How often are you expecting Property Managers to walkthrough
Let's say you have your property, and everything is going according to plan with your REI. How often do you want your PA doing a walkthrough of your tenant occupied units? Is this allowed? If so, is there a difference...
Ryan Detig
8 Deals In My First 8 Months !
8 Deals in my First 8 months- YOU CAN DO THIS!!!Hey BiggerPockets, I wanted to use my first post here on Biggerpockets to summarize my first 8 months in this fun, crazy, stressful, and exciting game we call real estat...
David B.
Renters her deducting security cameras and monitoring
I live in Ventura California and have a SFH rental in the area that I self manage. Our tenants were burglarized last month and lost $20,000 in jewelry and possessions. The tenant left a window open in the kids room wh...
Kenneth LaVoie
How to know if you've got enough coverage?
We use state farm and have "cash value" coverage. They've explained 20 times what that means but I find I forget over time. It has started me thinking that maybe I should shop around? We're die hard State Farm clients...
Dante Ritchey
Multi-Family appraisal falling short
Hello everyone,My brother and I are in the middle of our first house hack in Massachusetts. We have the house under contract and everything has gone through except now we are stuck at the appraisal. It is a deeded two...
Bobby Holley
How to Buy a Friend's Home
A friend of mine recently took a job that will move him from Atlanta to Charleston, SC. He has lived in a nearby neighborhood for 20 years. His home is very dated and probably one of the worst looking homes in the s...