Nick Brubaker
How important is it for your GC to be licensed and insured?
Today is my last day of due diligence on my first flip property. My real estate agent referred me to an experienced GC. I like him and am confident he is reliable enough and would do good work, but I found out today...
Cody Evans
Real Estate Agents Will Be Obsolete Within 10 years?
I read a post recently on Bigger Pockets talking about agents being irrelevant because of technology by the year 2025. There were very conflicting opinions and I am hoping to see specific examples of technology that w...
Kyle Webb
How you choose your REI niche/market?
Hey BP,
I've been a long time observer and have been actively listening to the BP podcasts over and over and have finally felt the confidence to propose my starting out strategy. I'd like a discussion about m...
Victor Saumarez
HELP!
I bought a property two years ago in NC through a turnkey investment operation. They buy, rehab, and sell with tenant in place and then manage the property. Everything went well until September last year, when the ren...
Paul Winka
Property in service, and how to deduct repair costs now?
I just bought a house in my name that I intend to rent out. I paid $46K for it and closed on 14 Nov. It needs around $35K in repairs, and those repairs are ongoing now and should be finished by 25 Dec. I would like to...
Kyle Doney
Contractors Charging Fees to Pull Permits
I have some work needing done that requires permits and the contractors aren't licensed in the city where the permit is needed. They want me to pay their license fee and a fee for pulling the permits and putting their...
Kenneth Davis
How much can I raise the rent on a 10 year+ renter at just $600.?
I have a tenant who I have rented to for over 10 years at $620.00 monthly who I have never raised the rent on. I wish to raise the rents here in Florida on this guy but not sure if there are restrictions on raising hi...
Brady Morgan
Securities Based Lending for Low Interest Rate
Hello,Does anyone have experience with using Securities Based Lending for funding deals? Specifically, I am looking at partnering with an individual who owns securities (stock and mutual funds) having them take out a ...
Benjamin Lenz
Why you shouldn't build a Jr. ADU in California
For those of you who live in California, you may think you can "Triplex" your home by tacking on an ADU and Jr. ADU to your existing dwelling. From what I've gathered (at least in my city), the truth is that you CAN d...
Tony Velez
Late rents ugh. Please help!
We closed on a triplex in March. The old landlord informed us the first floor tenant is always late but always pays. I don't like the fact that he's late all the time. It's now March 9... He texted me and said he shou...