Jeffrey K.
Do Wholesalers Hurt Us?
I have always wondered if wholesalers hurt us buy and hold guys when dealing with banks. I am sure there are some good wholesalers our there, but the majority that I have had contact with are useless noobs or slick c...
Amy Niederhauser
LLC protection and bank accounts/ credit cards
Hey!! {first time posting}... So, I have a handful of rental properties in my name and I'm in the process of transferring each of them into their own LLCs, and I was curious if I can use one bank account and one cred...
Dan Shelhamer
Frozen Pipes Burst - Who's Responsible?
The other day I received a text form my tenant "I'm just returning from vacation, and it appears the water inside the house was frozen from the tips of the faucet, and I believe the pipes froze and possibly busted". ...
Michael Pannacciulli
Rent or Sell
Hello - I have a property that is a second home in PA that is a second home. Never rented the property. My plan has been to sell it (it's paid off) and use that as seed money to invest in TN. I listed it just after...
Jeff V.
Buy and Hold Investor in DeRidder, Louisiana
Hello Everyone,About Myself:I have been interested in investing for a long time. Not just Real Estate investing but investing as a whole. I've dabbled in Commodities, FOREX, Stocks and Real Estate. Commodities - Ma...
Ran Iarovich
How do you calculate risk when you are investing in residential real estate?
I want to hear your thoughts on how you calculate the risk of failure for investing in real estate. As someone who has invested in equities my whole life I was trained to look at the WACC value or Beta of risk based o...
Christian Nachtrieb
Struggling Getting a Renter for This Apartment
Hi all,I'm a first time landlord and took the dive after a long time of reading the forums and of course listening to the BP Podcast. I live in the Boston area and the apartment in question is located in the Ashmont /...
Erin N.
First day of lease period - tenant no show
I have a strange situation, and I'm not sure how I should proceed. I have an executed lease with a tenant to start July 6 (yesterday) for 6 months. He is coming from out of state and is here only temporarily. He pa...
Sean Brennan
Partnering with a General Contractor
I just read a nice blog by Mike LaCava about flipping houses:
http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/02/03/flipping-houses-with-no-money/
I found the idea of partnering with a General Contractor very appealing...
Mitzi Castiglione
Deciding between buy & hold or buy & flip
We have a house that when we bought it, our strategy was to hold it. However, it would also make a nice flip given the market right now. We have done both in the past. The purchase price was $58k. To rent it out, ...