I'm buying a small duplex that needs 20k work, not including labor. I'll be doing the work. Do I do a SOW, just to learn how or do I just track the expenses and hours of labor?  When I say, "I", I'm referring to my ...

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     I am fairly new to Bigger Pockets but not to real estate. I keep my ear to the ground here in Northwest Indiana and I want to offer a networking/knowledge source here in my back yard. I wanted to...

I am getting a cash out refinance mortgage on one of my rentals and will be using the cash to rehab another property to rent out. As I understand it, the appraisal fee and some other closing costs are not immediately ...

Hello, I am looking into an opportunity to acquire 46 units for my company, the owner is willing to do owner financing, but is demanding us to get Private Mortgage Insurance does this even exist? I have never heard o...

I'm just throwing this out there.  What city would you look to buy in today, or in the near future, if you...- were only interested in a buy and hold strategy,- were willing to sacrifice some cash flow (although it wo...

I love BiggerPockets. It is full of great information, stories, and has a great community. I have learned much through the podcast and by reading. I'd say about 99.9% of the content is geared towards the USA, however,...

I, like many others in Denver metro, would love to operate a STR (preferably non-owner occupied). Most cities don't allow STR (yet) or mandate they are owner-occupied, but looking on Airbnb, there are plenty of people...

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I am getting all the numbers gathered for my first deal, rough total purchase price to be about $110,000 on a duplex. I will need to make some repairs to the foundation and replace the carpet in the entire hou...

Hey Biggerpocket experts....I was hoping you all could give me a little advice as to what you would do in my situation. I'll try and fill you in as much as I can and then you can either answer or ask more questions to...