Eric Stanley
Frustrating
This may be a noobie question but how is it possible to get into real estate in an area that is booming? I live in the Portland Oregon metro area and the prices of both single family and multi family houses are so muc...
Account Closed
Property owner refusing to fix broken water pipes? Advice needed
So, I'm currently renting, and this weekend the water pipes froze and burst, after getting it checked out, the problem is the property owner's responsibility, and it will require digging up the yard, and thousands of...
Brian Jurvelin
Tenant needs help: is this lease term standard and/or fair?
Hi BP community,I am a tenant and had a question about the following statement in my lease agreement:"Regardless of assignment of responsibility, tenant agrees to be responsible for the first $250.00 of any repair or ...
Jim Keller
First mobile home flip in California
Been working for months to get short sale approved on a triple wide 443 mobile home thats 1,880 Sq ft and sits on a 70,000 Sq ft lot. The bank has approved $184,000 and our contractor has given us a $39,000 repair p...
Roy Gottesdiener
All my capital is alllocated - what next and how to keep growing?
I started investing 4 years ago doing BRRRR, right now I have a portfolio of 6 SFH worth around $1.1M with $600k in debt and around $1.5k monthly cash flow. I'm a foreign national so my cash outs are capped at 60-65% ...
Jose D.
It can't be this easy, right? Out of state investing
So, I went to see a local multifamily property yesterday. The numbers looked great, affordable enough for me to get into the game, everything seemed perfect...turns out it is run by a slumlord and needs way too much w...
Brandon Courtney
Best markets in the Pacific Northwest
Hello Bigger Pockets community!
I've been a broke millennial the majority or my working life but now at 33 I finally have the money to buy a house (my first). I've had my eye on Austin lately but a conversation with...
Kenley Law
Buying my first property without contingencies in Milpitas
My wife and I just moved to San Jose and we are trying to buy our first primary residence in Milpitas, to start a family. We earn a bit more than $225K combined and we only have about $120K in cash. Therefore, we are ...
Mark Wolk
Investor risk spreading
It's common sense not to put all your eggs in the same basket, but how do you apply that saying to real estate investment?
I.e. if you have to buy 5 properties which you intend to rent out:
- how many of them would ...
Nick F.
New foreign investor here!
Hey guys,I'm a foreign investor from New Zealand who just recently signed up for BiggerPockets. I'm mostly looking in the Florida area as I'm somewhat familiar, so I'm taking this chance to reach out to other investo...