Currently living in California, but I have my sights on South West Florida, the Gulf coast exclusively. I flew there twice last year and looked at properties with some agents. I'm looking in the $100 K price range but...
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I thought I would share my story with the hope that it inspires someone to start the home flipping adventure and/or saves someone from making some of the (costly) mistakes that I made. Note that I'm purposely not incl...
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I have a two unit property, my husband and I live on one side and rent out the other. I am the sole owner, so I am the landlord and handle all of the communication with the tenant, e.g. rent payments, maintenance issu...
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Good afternoon! How many of you collect rents online and do tenants like it or seem bothered by having to set it up etc? I feel weird with tenants knowing our home address to mail checks. We are buying two new investm...
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Economic Update(Monday, January 11, 2021)
We all have our New Year’s resolutions. Most likely your goal is to tackle that extra weight, run that extra m...
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I have an SFH and a duplex as rentals, both with mortgages in my name. I want to protect myself and my family from lawsuits and was told by a friend to start an LLC and transfer the properties into that LLC. Since I h...
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Hi everyone! I am not new to BiggerPockets, but this is my first time ever posting a question. I have been buy and hold investing in distressed properties in Southern California since 2009. I am now ready to branch o...
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Hello BP Family, My name is Parker Grissom and I new to BP. First, just a little back ground on me before we dive in. My brother and I lost our Mom to cancer in October of 2014. Our Mom was an amazing person. We could...
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I am trying to decide whether househacking makes sense here if my goal is to generate $6K/month passive income asap.
I live in bay area California. I have the opportunity to build two ADUs on my primary residence. Th...
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Dear BP community, I recently bought and rehabbed my first rental, we left it in great shape and its ready to rent. The property is in a nice neighborhood and a good school district. But unfortunately, we are struggli...