Ryan M.
Why do people use property management companies
This is a question I have always had.......A property management PM takes upwards 10% of gross for receiving the rents. Bills every time for a repair and some add a rider on top of the repair. Bills a substantial amou...
Benjamin Orr
Handling Deceased Tax Sale Property No Heir/Will
I recently bought my second property since being on BP. Maybe I should have stuck to simpler routes, but I wanted to do PA Tax Deed sale. I did my homework, worked the numbers, and won the bid. After buying a nice ...
Chan K.
Plumber fixed pipe leak But found non-compliance code
HelloHappy New Year everyone....I just want to discuss some findings that came up recently when fixing my pipe leak.So last week, I have a pipe leak in my basement at one of my properties. I called the local plumber. ...
Matthew Thompson
Multifamily Properties- too good to be true?
Hey all,First time poster here on BiggerPockets. Lately I have been reading a lot about multifamily properties. They seem to be much more profitable, dollar for dollar invested, than single family properties and posse...
David Kosiorek
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and possibly 5th deals after deal 1 success
A big update, after my first deal about 9 months ago, i've managed to stay busy. About me: got my RE license in MD after my first deal, I'm MUCH more tech savy than the 3 agents that I had experience with and better...
J. Martin
Prices Peaking / Market softening in SF Bay Area? What have you seen?
Are things softening in the Bay Area, and if so, are you changing/modifying any of your strategy because of it? I was up at Bay Area Wealth Builder's RE meetup in Corte Madera (near Marin) last week with @Kathleen L. ...
Jim Herbst
Do you carry a home warranty on your rental properties?
To be honest, I'm not even sure if you can carry an annual warranty policy on rentals, but is this an avenue anyone utilizes? The benefits would certainly be to stabilize fluctuations in maintenance costs and to stre...
Ken Scarbrough
How Should I Prepare For a Market Crash?!
Hello All,I've been doing a ton of research on the 2008 market crash. I feel like I've garnered a strong understanding of what happened and why, however there is one thing I feel I am missing. What steps could a sma...
Pragya Singh
Financial Freedom, If i can, you can too!
Why do you feel you need to "work" for someone 9 to 5 or whatever it may be? Why is it that you take time out of your personal life and sit in a 4x6 cubicle, 5 days a week or may be even 7! I had this discussion with...
Arjay Vergara
Me and My wife's first rental income check! Philadelphia PA
My wife and I just did our first deal in Philadelphia PA and got our first rent check on June 15, 2017! Ive been on the forums since ~December of 2015. Prior to that, I never thought of real estate as a viable way of ...