Tamara R.
Cool tip for finding info on tenants before you talk to them.
Like many of you, I post my rentals on Craigslist and Zillow and other sites. On both of these sites, prospective tenants can reply through Craigslist or Zillow without you knowing their e-mail address. I also try t...
Steve Rozenberg
Why would you or would you not invest out of state?
I hear a lot of reasons why people have the fear and reasons not to. Many times these are self induced by lack of knowledge and not founded
Tom Desroches
House Hack vs. Rental Property... What to do?
Hey Everyone! I'm debating whether or not to have my first property be a house hack or to buy and have long term tenants. I know this is very specific depending on location and property but I wanted to get some opin...
Marc Faulkner
More Traffic from BiggerPockets than Twitter and Facebook Combined = Success
I can track the sources of traffic to our website. I have been active on LinkedIn for years now. I am sure I have over 500 connections. I am also well connected on FaceBook and have a company page there as well as ...
RJ King
Lenders who do non-recourse loans and 70-75% LTV refinancing?
Greetings BP! I’m a newbie investor trying to purchase my first multi-unit investment property here in Houston, Texas. It’s a new construction 4-PLEX with 2bed/1ba units...Purchase price is 300K and I’ll be putting a ...
Kevin Lefeuvre
Airbnb guest throws 'New Year's banger' party, trashes the house
"A New Year’s banger at an Ohio Airbnb, meant to be the party to kick off 2018, turned into a nightmare when the host lost control and police officers from five departments were forced to shut down the celebration whi...
Jay Pillalamarri
Need to show 250K loss. Strategies?
I'm doing tax planning for the next year. Looking for strategic guidance from an investments standpoint (of course I'll work with my CPA on the details)-
1. My individual taxable income in 2021 (after all deductions)...
Aaron Hollingshead
Tenant laws are why I'm leaving Portland
This has been discussed, but I thought I'd share my experience in Portland, Oregon with my rental property and why I'm trying to get out as quickly as possible to get my money working for me. Just need to vent!I live ...
Jim Growfer
if i buy a building at 5% cap rate at a discount, is it still 5%?
If someone is asking 600k for a building that has a 5% cap rate, 30k NOI and i purchase it at 500k. It wouldnt be 5% anymore, correct? Cap rate confuses me a little bit, because that cap rate would now be 6% not 5%. ...
Account Closed
Do You Get 500% Returns?
Hi,
How many of you get at least 500% returns?
I'm still not sold on real estate yet. I know how to get 500% returns with other investments but I'm not sold on real estate yet.
Thanks,
Brandon