![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/911123/small_1621505416-avatar-petika.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi All! My name is PeTika and I have no real estate investment experience other than purchasing my first home this year. I bought in an older neighborhood that has a few vacant homes, and hope to convince the property...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/437490/small_1621476612-avatar-arjayv.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
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 ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/51576/small_1621411529-avatar-evermeire.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have 10 single-family residences in Washington that I was toying with the idea of selling them all. Why you ask? well I would like to use the cash for other things. So, I was hoping for some advice on my marketing...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/547263/small_1694946903-avatar-jamesw135.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi gys - Any experiences with kitchen upgrades.Basically - new countertops, new cabinets, back splash, lighting, paint, floor tiles, appliances.I am talking a standard size kithcen in a 1400 sf condo. Could be 175sf -...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/225294/small_1621434482-avatar-mm294002.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
We are currently buying a 24 unit apartment building that has on site laundry facilities. The prior owners were using a company that paid for the machines, serviced them and then sent them a check at the end of each m...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/234585/small_1726911507-avatar-wolfies30.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone!It is time for me to finally be able to post my first success story.I just finished rehabbing my first investment property, and I’m currently going through the process of placing my first tenant.I belie...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/144619/small_1621419247-avatar-terealsdetroit.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Please advise , on duplex
Asking price 90k
2 units currently rent for 775= 1550
Tenants pay all utilities
Annual taxes 2000
Homeowners insurance is 150 a mouth
This Duplex is in metro Detroit
This is my first...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/363160/small_1621446756-avatar-patjsouk.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I've been pounding the pavement, starting to talk to owners/sellers. I went to an ICOR meeting last night and it was a pretty exciting meeting. A lot of what was discussed was the structure of the deal and creative ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/422068/small_1621450915-avatar-gf6.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My current accountant has apparently not been taking depreciation on my rental properties every year. I am a rank novice in this area. Just wondering whether there could be any strategic benefit to not taking the dep...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2433694/small_1695026640-avatar-robertm1289.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have a property being sold at the courthouse steps tomorrow morning, foreclosure has been on hold by the first mortgage holder PHH Mortgage, but the HOA managed to get it to sale. I have a couple of questions, the ...