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Owners of thousands of Los Angeles wooden apartment buildings at risk of collapse in a major earthquake will begin receiving retrofit orders as early as February 2016, according to the Los Angeles Times. The LA City ...
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Hi BO members,
I recently saw a multifamily house in a good neighborhood but it has asbestos on the siding. It will cost money for removal. I was just wondering if it is worth to go through this trouble of making the...
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Hi All, I have started looking around Austin for a place to live after graduation this spring. For the past four years at UT, I have been renting, paying +$850/mo to share a room in a five bedroom home near campus. S...
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Hello everyone, I posted on here a couple times a little over a year ago asking for some advice from many of you. I got lots of great feedback and support! most of it was to keep learning and studying real estate so w...
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On the BiggerPockets Blog, our contributor, Clint Coons - an attorney focused on asset protection - wrote an important post that anyone raising capital for their real estate investments needs to read.
Please make sur...
So I am graduating June of this year, and I am considering skipping college and getting my Realtor license and becoming an agent, but there are a few things I would like to ask. 1.) How difficult is it to break throug...
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We have listed our very first rental property to rent and our first perspective tenant says he is separated from his wife and they are trying to sell their house which they bought in 2008. My concern is that I'm sure ...
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Hey BP,I'm seeking feedback and experience about getting started in buying a Multi Family Property. My Goal: Start off with buying a Multi-Family in New Jersey (I reside and work in NJ). I want to spend no more than $...
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Any recommendation for Rent collection service ?
SparkRent
ERentpayment
Rent Matic
Etc....
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I've decided to hire a property manager to find tenants and also manage properties for me.
I've narrowed down to two, one is a local real estate agent who also does property management on the side. His references (o...