Madison Martindale
Investing in Southern CA or Long Distance
Hi everyone! My husband and I are looking at buying our first investment property. We are trying to decide on trying to find a property in Southern CA/surrounding areas like Phoenix or Nevada or if we should look to i...
Amy Hu
How to put 750 hours to qualify as real estate pro for tax
My husband is working full time. I'm housewife taking care of our child and rental properties.We have 5 SFR and one apartment building out of state, managed by PM. We bought the apartment building vacant last year an...
Kareem Lyons
Help Me Save My Career
Hi I know I post a lot on these forums but I really want to gain as much knowledge as possible. I have been in real estate for about 6 months now and have yet to make any real money. I have trouble figuring out what I...
Brian Naumann
First Deal Gone wrong or bad PM?
Hi Everyone,I closed on my first TK property in Memphis, TN on August 17th. Yay me! Found out during the rehab's home inspection that there were (inherited) tenants in the property during the rehab, I thought this was...
Samantha Swenson
How to survive an Impending Depression
My husband and I are getting into buy and hold real estate investing and are planning on BRRRRing properties. The renting market is in an incredibly high demand in our area, but we are in a small town. When talking t...
Morgan Burum
Downtown Vacant Buildings
I am currently looking for a property to update. I've been looking at alot of downtown properties, but I dont' know where to get information on them. Alot of them look abandoned and need alot of cosmetic work. But I t...
Bob Faulis
$150MM mixed use under way after being broken 20 years, $10MM away
Diary entry One- I just spent a month doing the due diligence, aligning the management team, developing relationship with key players (particularly the lender), and I am almost there. Well, .. . . was almost there. ...
Michael Vu
How Many Issues is TOO Much to Make a Deal Not a Deal?
Hate to be at this point again in the due diligence, but here I am. Ready to learn.
I'm under contract on a duplex (first deal) and after having inspections, I don't know if this deal is worth it anymore. I'd appreci...
Lauren Hogan
(SURVEY) It's tax season and we have a few questions!
BiggerPockets would like to know how you approach taxes. I've created a (less than) 5-minute survey and it's completely anonymous. You can take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJY6RD8 Thank you to ever...
Melissa Kirchhoff
Airbnb Occupancy Rate?
I'm trying to work some numbers on a potential purchase. Now I realize this will be very specific to the location/property/price/marketing/etc but what would be an occupancy number you'd put on an Airbnb type rental? ...