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A friend of mine at work turned me onto this community and here I am. I’ve been nervous about taking the leap into the rental property business, but I’m convinced that with the right network and knowledge based commun...
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Hi all! I am still fairly new to the Bigger Pockets community (although created one post before) and I started looking into House Hacking.Little background: I've been working for 2 years now and wanted to start my rea...
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So I woke up today and in one of my email addys was 81 unread emails. Sorting through all of them at least 70 of them were soliciting Greg Clement's new SIMS(Simple Internet Marketing Solutions)program.
Well it doesn...
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This could be ugly for people who own STR's in Hawaii.https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-short-term-rental-vacation-bill-19382321.php
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Hi All,I wanted to share one of my latest deals in Redwood City, CA that was a great success. It is a deal that on the day I bought it, I was the proud owner of a slum like property where tenants were not paying ren...
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Hi Bigger Pockets Forums, I've been saving up money from my full time job to invest in real estate. As I continue to save and approach an acceptable down payment threshold, I am debating a few things and looking for s...
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Hey everyone,I was curiuos if anyone is direct marketing to apartment owners and what kind of mailing piece are you using?...and any success stories?
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Anyone still thinking that they are going to find profitable deals like duplexes, fourplexes, and good singles family home to rent at potentially 6% or 7% interest rates and current asking prices?
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The SCARLETT Method
I’ll start off this essay with a quick disclaimer, I in no way, created the idea of renting out homes by the room. All I did was formulate an acronym and implemented a few practices to keep...
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When someone engages in a seller financing transaction, what are the standard stipulations? Loan term? Balloon payment? Interest? What about taxes? Does the owner continue to pay property taxes? I am looking at ...