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Hello, everyone! I just recently joined biggerpockets and am really enjoying reading through all the good info and war stories here! Here’s a little bit about me.I officially began my real estate journey back in 1978...
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HI I am new to BP and I recently graduated from college (May 2014) and quickly started investing in multi-families. I had some cash of my own and I quickly got up to 33 units. I used private lenders to finance my pr...
Hi - new member from Sioux Falls, SD. I'm a 37 yr old IT professional. I don't yet own any investment properties, but have thought about it for several years and am almost ready to convert my current home into a renta...
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Hi BP,I just received a lead on a commercial property on the outskirts of Houston. It has office space on busy highway and it sounds like a decedent deal, it has 100% occupancy and the owner wants to sell, to capitali...
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Hello BP Community, I was surfing the internet the other day and came across a post where someone was advertising the fact that they were a private money lender. Just sort of on a whim, I shot them an email (it was a ...
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I just bought my first property (a duplex) and inherited some tenants. The previous owner said they had been paying, but I heard that the unit A tenants wanted out of their lease. I hadn’t heard much else, but I didn’...
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I had two quads in downtown Pensacola. I had just rehabbed and rented all four of my downstairs units and was working on the upstairs units. Hurricane Sally destroyed them. I was not in a flood zone, so had no floo...
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Who is self-managing their rental properties?Who uses a property manager?Why/why not (either way)?Pros/cons (either way)?-John WilliamsProperty ManagerClarksville, TN
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I spent 6 years in car sales working for BMW in Phoenix, Arizona which got me accustomed to not only sales but more importantly rain making and prospecting. Initially I got into real estate because I had reached my ce...
Hi BP,I have been using the BP tools like crazy and find it very friendly and informative. I've done random Rental Property Calculation and used Rent Estimator tool on multiple properties. I've found several propertie...