Samuel Watts
Which flooring to use?!
Hello, I am just buying my first rental property and it needs new flooring in the bedrooms and kitchen. The rest of the home has brand new oak hardwood and the kitchen has oak cabinets. Both are a lighter oak color. I...
Alysia Newsom
brankruptcy
Has anyone had experience with bankruptcy? My husband and I are considering it after meeting with a debt management counselor that recommended it. We are trying to do everything possible to prevent this option, but th...
Raja Maan
Rehabbing and flipping can be very profitable
House flipping has become the day trading of the first decades of the 2000s. But in the rush to make a profit, far too many would-be real estate moguls overlook the basics and end up failing. In this article we'll loo...
Jeffrey Wagner
Newly Awakened Future Investor in South Florida
Hello BiggerPockets!My name is Jeff, and I have recently caught the real estate investing bug. I stumbled across BiggerPockets while researching how best to invest in my retirement, and I never imagined a topic as mun...
Steven Young
Closed on our first deal - house hack
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Rogers.
Bought our first property! We will move in in February and house hack for 1 year. While we live there, we will save up for...
Christian B.
Where to start, when it comes to real estate?
Hello, I have read over multi- family / Duplex /Triplex / Quadplex owning for about three months now. But, that is how far I have gotten. I’ve learned some of the finances involved but still learning as I go. The plan...
Brian H.
Help with a personal finance discussion between myself and gf.
Hey folks!Ok, so my girlfriend has, at this point, about $45k in her retirement from her job. It is a 403(b) plan from a hospital. She has multiple varieties of debt she wants to pay off to get out from under all th...
David Hagen
First property finished and on the market!
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $54,000
Cash invested: $18,000
My first property is a single-family in a good school district for the area. The re...
Robert Chiang
Eminent Domain Question for Strip Mall
The City is planning on acquiring a portion of my land, just the landscaping portion. How do you normally value or appraise the land the City is taking of the landscaping portion? Would your appraisal compare to vac...
Heshel Mangel
Rehabbing Folly Advice
In middle of a rehab in Cincinnati and stuck with 2 questions. 1) Apparently the one who measured our counter tops wasn't all quite accurate and we are left with a sink that is not centered with the windows, what woul...