Romain Amrani
Best use of time in learning real estate investing
- I'm an inspiring commercial real estate investor getting ready to go to college. I'll be going to a community college for the first two years and I've set up my schedule to have only two (very long) days a week of c...
Account Closed
Prospective tenants aren't returning applications
Hi. This is the first time I've formally tried to rent out my duplex (I bought it with tenants and a friend moved in after that). I live in one side.
I have shown my rental to about 20 people within a couple of weeks...
Josh Bustle
Dead Equity - How much money do you leave in rentals?
Hello Bigger Pockets!My main question is how much money do you leave in your rentals? I've got one rental property worth $280k, about 60% LTV (115k in equity). I just closed on my first "Live in Flip" and I'm moving i...
Rafael Floresta
Failed offer analysis, aka how do you help seller understand the real value of their house?
This is a "help me"/ post-mortem of a offer I presented to a homeowner today.
I toured her House, and they are living there, but the house is not even rent ready. They started many projects and didn't finis...
Mauricio Lopez
Neighbor complaning about loud noise from tenant's autistic son
Hello everyone. I am currently presenting a situation I had not come across before and I can use some help from your wisdom and experience. My family owns a rental property in a B class neighborhood in San Diego (Whic...
Nicholas Salvia
Scorched Earth. Is the market going BUST?
hey allWondering what everyone thinks about the market going bust when the Fed EVENTUALLY and INEVITABLY hikes the rate. Id love to hear from some professionals who have been in the business for a while. Do you see ...
Robert Mendenhall
Older area home issues
Good morning BP,Ive been digging in and looking for a multifamily in Columbus to start my REI journey. I was wondering about some issues to look out for in older home areas. A lot of the homes were built around 1900. ...
Justin Fox
Capital Expenditure depreciated over life of property.
So say you've been depreciating a property for 10 years. Year 11 rolls around and you completely replace the roof. Does that just increase the remaining depreciable balance (basis) for 17.5 years? Or do you deprec...
Christopher Zmolik
New to BP and real estate investing
I'm so thankful to be here learning from this platform. I grew up framing/building houses with my dad and family, so I have much experience in that area. I now want to get into real estate investing. I have a good ...
Arthur Fuller II
Door knocking - any suggestions?
I am currently comprising a list of homes that I want to go door knocking on this week. Most are pre foreclosure but a couple aren't. Does anyone have experience with this? Got any pointers? I'm not worried for my saf...