Scott Passman
BREAKING NEWS: You’re not an idiot for using less leverage
Alright, so it might not be "breaking news" but it's news to some. So many of the threads and forums I’ve read since joining BP in 2018 have pushed the power of leverage and maintaining a high LTV to boost your ROI a...
Annelyse Finley
AT&T Park (San Francisco) Condo: I should sell, right?
Two years ago I bought a condo next to AT&T Park (San Francisco). I did not buy this unit as an investment. I bought it to live in. Because……every morning I get to go for a jog on the Embarcadero and see the su...
Senta J.
Issues with General Contractor
Hi All,I am hoping I can get some advice regarding my situation with the general contractor I hired.My husband and I are doing our first flip and we took 3 months vetting general contractors to make sure we end up wit...
Remon Rasho
Newbie - Chicago
Good morning BP! First and foremost I would like to say that I'm grateful for this site and forums. My wife and I have recently become interested in investing in real estate and have been listening to pod-casts for mo...
Ashley Wolfe
Do you inspect each and every property?
We just had our first accepted offer on a house that I knew would have some underlying problems. After the general home inspection, we discovered WAY more than we were willing to take on for our first rehab/rent so w...
Jason King
Financial Assumptions
Hi All,
I am a new prospective investor and I am putting together some information for a partner so that we can start the search for our first property! One of the to-do's that I am personally tasked with is to dev...
Angela Vargas
"What Happens 10 yrs from now is not your problem"
I was recently on a phone conversation with a fix and flip investor who was giving me advise on rehab costs. I explained that a particular house I was thinking of walking away from was not a good deal because it was t...
DL Martin
Help! Received offer on my residence asking that I carry a 2nd.
Need advice. I received an offer on my primary residence. The buyer is asking that I carry 10% ($69k) for 5 years at 5%. The offer is a "lowball" offer and we both know that a more realistic sales price is $750k. (He ...
Andrew C.
Precautions to take when investing out-of-state and sight unseen?
I am very new to real estate investing but have been diligently reading everything that I can here on BiggerPockets. One thing that is holding me back is that I live in a high cost of living area so I've concluded th...
Anthony Wick
PayPal is free, unless your tenant can’t follow instructions
I know there’s a ton of posts and questions about how people collect rents. I’ve been using PayPal for quite a while. It’s free to landlords and tenants, and I get my money within 24 hours (the first time rent payment...