Rachel Zhang
Is mysmartmove.com a tool for landlord....the answer is NO
I have been using the https://biggerpockets.mysmartmove.com for several years. and I found that even the smartmove.com claims that benefit is that tenants can get get their credit reports generated without giving ...
Sarah Hartwell
Best advice for your first vacation rental?
Hey BP! We've got 3 Buy & Hold investments in Houston, TX (though I'm definitely still a rookie). My husband and I LOVE the water, so we're strongly considering making our next investment a waterfront vacation ren...
Jessica Young
Vacated tenants demanding access to get their own repair estimate on damaged item
We are receiving threats and demands from tenants who recently vacated.Our tenants, who you know were a total nightmare if you're following my other posts, finally embraced the happy clause and are out half way throug...
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%. ...
Wave Taylor
Setting up an LLC for Multi family properties
Is it a good idea to hold my properties in an LLC? Should I set up a seperate one for each property that I purchase?
Nicholas Varner
Big Data in Real Estate
In today's post, I want to use experience I've had in two fields that I really love: databases and real estate. Specifically, with databases I want to go over new techniques using more data and varieties of data as it...
Christopher Greci
Tiny house!?!? Breaking the rules in Silicon Valley
I love real estate investing, its awesome. However, in my personal life, I'm a minimalist. I really could invest more if I minimized my personal expenses. My idea..... Buy a lot of land somewhere, preferably 30 min...
Rachel Hertel
How to determine a budget
My husband and I may be moving back home to Chicago in the near future. This time around, we would like to house hack. The idea is to buy a 3 or 4 flat in a neighborhood that we like (we like a lot of them!)I think I'...
Stephanie Dupuis
Recommended Phones - iPhone, Andriod, etc.
I passed my license exam recently and I'm interviewing firms this week and next. I also own a basic phone and need to upgrade.
What are your experiences, thoughts and recommendations for a smartphone?
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Steven Barr
How much of your cash flow should you live off of?
How much of your rental property cashflow should you live off of? For example, if I cashflow around $30k/month, how much of that should I ACTUALLY be spending on my lifestyle? What percentage should go towards my pers...