Loren Howe
My Commercial purchase experience
Just posting this in case my beginner’s case study might help others and also to get any feedback. I own a half dozen residential rentals, but with high prices lately decided to move into commercial real estate for ...
Levi Bennett
Why is Value-Add Multi-Family Acquisition So Hard in the Southeast?
Since I get almost daily messages regarding small multi-family opportunities in Charlotte and find myself repeating much of the same information on the phone during intro calls, I figured I would go ahead and put my e...
Matt Millard
Great Depression Coming Soon?
Several months ago I posted about Austrian Economics & hard assets & preparing your real estate business for recessions big & small. It stayed on top of the thread wall for a week & got hundreds of res...
Chris Martin
Brokerage "owner" vs. "owner/operator" for a new business model
Unlike fast food franchises, I'm not seeing where real estate brokerage franchises are set up as "owner" franchises. It seems like 99% (or more) of real estate brokerages are "owner/operator" set-ups. The "owner" i...
DeVawn M Nolan
Achieving Real Estate License to Wholesale Properties in Illinois
Hello to All,I am beginning my real estate journey and after tons and tons of research I’ve decided the best option for me as a beginner is to wholesale. To my luck in my home state of Illinois a law recently passed o...
Paul Schirmer
Landlord - Internet & Cable
Are there any landlords out there that include/provide "free" Internet & Cable TV to their tenants? If so, just curious about the following:a) what type of contract do you negotiate with your service provider?b) ...
Natalie Olivo
Getting Started with little savings
Hello BP folks!
I'm very new to the community.
I joined Bigger Pockets not too long ago and am trying to get into buy and hold. I like the idea of reliable monthly cash flow. My starting goal is to have...
Mikhail Petrenko
1 -> 4 units in East Bay Area. Should I do it?
Hi everyone!Long time reader, first-time poster.I found OFF-market property in San Lorenzo (East Bay area). There is 1200 SF 3 bd/2 ba old house sitting on 9000 SF lot with grandfathered duplex zoning.
Appraisal for ...
Danae Kempe
Let’s talk! New here, starting up.
Hi! New here. Located in North East Ohio region. Youngstown area. Decided I wanted to start investing in real estate. I feel like I can watch all the videos and read all the blogs, but I really want to have a real dis...
Fraser Lawson
Buy and Hold Vacation Rentals
Hello from Scotland!I am just starting out in real estate, I have a slightly unusual market area and situation that I would like to get some other perspective on.In 2015 I bought my first apartment thinking that I wou...