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I'm a small-time owner. I have 11 doors. For 7 years I have had great success with my rentals.This month, I filed the starts of an eviction. It was the first one I've ever submitted to courts. Tenant ghosts me and I s...
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I'm a veteran and buy and hold landlord looking for a creative way to take advantage of the VA Home loan I have access to. I'm looking to speed up acquisition of a 2nd rental OR at the very least save some monthly cos...
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Hello! We are new homeowners, new to this site and have just started on the path of REI. We bought a house in Mt. Washington (Pittsburgh) in June 2017 through a Fannie Mae HomeStyle Renovation Loan. We first made an ...
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Tenant is on government assistance and rent is deposited into my account every month like clock work. The lease says he needs to pay the monthly water bill, about $40-50 per month. His bill is up to over $300 now. The...
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Great morning BP family,
I purchased my first home on April 1, 2024. I bought a 3/2 1500sqft foreclosure in Ormond Beach Florida. My purchase price was 225k and I put 5% down. I put about 60 – 70k in repairs. I compl...
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So one of my renters are over a month past due w/ $375 plus are now 10 days past due for this month. Total amount owed now is $975. They promised to pay total amount due on 9/12, but I still not heard from them. I hav...
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Hello BP, I got a long a brutal history on my first property with lots of learning mistakes. I’ll try to keep this as short as I can but also paint the exact picture that I am in and desperately need some advice. So b...
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Hi All,
I am a newbie to BiggerPockets and am interested in using my VA loan (and/or VA renovation loan) to do a house hack in Miami in late 2022. I am writing to ask for advice from those in the forum who have done ...
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The more I look into buying my own rental properties, the more I wish I knew about the details of the process. I know Lorain County Community College offers real estate courses designed to meet the pre-exam requiremen...
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Something I've never dealt with happened today: The seller is going through chapter 11 & 13 bankruptcy (and has been before we went under contract I found out) and his agent just informed me today of this. We were...