Tim Wilkinson
questionable landlord practices
Hello BP,Although I am an investor, currently the home my wife and I live in is leased to us. As part of the lease agreement, the LL retained one of our three attached garages unavailable to us. It is all open inside,...
Mackay Oakey
What are your Real Estate Investing goals in 2025?
What are your REI goals in 2025? Are you looking to buy your first investment? Use PassivePockets and invest in a large syndication deal? Do you want to sell off some of your units? Get into glamping?I'll share first:...
Dan Griffin
Selling house to tenant while keeping my low interest loan
This may be a basic question -- but I don't know the answer.
I have a house in another state that I used to live in. We moved, but kept the house because we had a 2.625% loan on it -- and there was a possib...
Sedgrid Lewis
Sex Offenders C Class properties
Is there a niche for renting C and D class properties to sex offenders? I've worked with this population in the past and the majority live in C or D class neighborhoods. Less than 5% of sex offender re-offend after ...
Nicholas Butler
First investment- owner occupied fourplex. Need advice.
Hello I'm in the process of buying my first property. I don't have anyone in my family or friends that's owned real estate so it's hard to find someone to lead me in the right direction.
Property is a fourplex in a m...
Paul Bame
VA Refi- Need some advice
I am in the process of refi my VA loan, and the closing cost are taking up almost half of the equity. It just seems like a lot of fees and I am not sure what is really needed, and if there is better out there.I have l...
Mike Sanders
Preparing for a possible fight with my new HOA over interior improvements, any suggestions?
Quick Summary: I bought my first condo to live in, and eventually rent. Read the R&R, everything looked fine. President of the HOA is making it sound like I need to get a permission slip for interior improvements,...
Paul Allen
Resources on Real Estate as Part of A Diversified Portfolio
I am a financial planner. Took all the CFP courses and passed the test. Very (VERY) little of the course material focused on real estate as an investment. Stocks, bonds, and insurance products were covered in detail (...
Kyle Shankin
What are the downsides of getting your real estate license?
There are many posts and have heard several guests on the BP podcast advocate for getting your real estate license, but no one ever talks about the downsides.I'm a southeast Michigan-based investor who is using direct...
Hattie Dizmond
Is Google dead?
OK...OK...I know Google is alive and thriving, but you would be hard pressed to prove it by reading the BP forums lately!I'm trying to figure out the phenomenon that occurs here on Bigger Pockets, because it would see...