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Hi BP community!My wife and I purchased our first property together in Lima, Peru in October, 2020. We live and work here as teachers, are living in the apartment now and hope to rent it our after we leave in the next...
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Hello hello!My name is Ryan. This is my adventure through the trials and tribulations of my real estate investing business. I began with absolutely zero knowledge, and this live diary will chronicle my expected mistak...
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I've heard many times that its not worthwhile to sue tenants or to try to collect on the judgements against them. So, I wanted to share a story where it appears I am about to successfully collect the majority of a jud...
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My wife and I just added our children to the deed of our house, which we currently have a mortgage on. We also happen to be in the middle of applying for a HELOC with the same mortgage lender. We started the applicat...
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Looking for some advise or feedback from anyone that is or has done short term vacation rentals, I am working on a couple of deals that should produce a decent cash flow but would just like to hear some personal exper...
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Hello Bigger Pockets,
I am planning on moving to the Annapolis area in the next year and have a few questions on their rental and ADU laws.
In a perfect world my plan is to buy a house every year to live in, fix up...
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Hello, I just joined. I am Dave E. from the chicagoland, IL area. I am 25 and after reading about 15 books so far on real estate I am convinced that RE is for me and will help me acheive my goal of becoming financial...
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So I already own a STR in a colorado ski town that does fantastic..I would buy another if I could but I want to take advantage of the 10% second home loan for my next property.The smokies are a popular spot for this i...
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So I'll try to make this quick. I don't have exact numbers because this deal was from last year but I never got around to putting it on here until now as I've just recently really been diving into the forums. I found ...
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Hello Everybody!My name is Greg and I'm new to the Bigger Pockets community. I live in Berkeley, CA and after a long hiatus from real estate investing, my wife and I are ready to test the waters again. I started inv...