Ryan McElroy
Mentor, Realtor, Property Manager, or JUST START?!
Hey guys!I've been actively educating myself on RE investing for the past 5 years. I recently graduated from college and plan to make RE a lifelong career. My vision is to own a company that invests in large apartment...
Michael Hayes
Mailing List Source Alternatives
Hello everyone. Just checking to see if anyone has a good mailing list site that they use. I've used listsource, melissa data, and one other website, but I am looking for more specific lists such as divorces, mortga...
Rick Howell
5 Mortgage Items You Can’t Afford to Miss!
One of the most intimidating aspects of getting a loan is trying to sift between jargon and fact. For something as important as a mortgage there is plenty of misinformation out there. If you talk to five different peo...
Shivam Patel
Pay off student loans > invest in real estate?
Pay off ~100k student loans prior to real estate investing?
Adam Aschoff
Turning Primary Residence into Rental
I have a unique situation. I purchased my first house outside of Boston and have a huge interest in starting a real estate business. I understand the 1 or 2% rule, 50% rule and am looking at how I can turn my house in...
Rik Shaw
Help, tenant plans to skip out!
Hey Bigger Pockets, I made the mistake of renting to a co-worker. She was new in town and any place she tried to rent was molded and invested. She had heard that I had an available house for rent, I reluctantly agreed...
Lane Kawaoka
Texas & Florida post-Hurricane, Now What?
Due to recent hurricanes...I got to pondering looking back when New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina there were short-term disruptions to gas prices especially since Houston is a major think tank for the metro ind...
Jonathan Perez
Contractors left nails/popped my tenants tires
So the other day I had some downspouts installed on my duplex. They did a pretty good job, only thing is they left some nails on my tenants driveway and she came knocking on my door telling me how the nails got in and...
Jason Scharf
Am I Overestimating Expenses in my Analysis?
Each time I analyze a property in the Rental Property Calculator here on BiggerPockets, I always assume 10% across the board for expenses like Repairs/Cap-Ex/Vacancy/Management regardless of the shape the property is ...
Samuel Hall
First time Owner finance offer
Hi folks,I plan on making an offer on a property with 100% owner financing. The property:- Has sat on the MLS for just short of 365 Days- has two stick built houses on a single lot. - I believe is vacant- I believe is...