James Rodenberg
Self Manage or Hire PM?
Morning everyone!
I haven't posted in a few days so I figured I'd jump in here and get a discussion started. I have a goal to post at least once a week to get to know you guys as well as make sure I'm consistently le...
Rachel Luoto
401k vs REI: time for a change?
Hey friend :)I am currently maxing out my 401k, which leaves almost nothing left to save for a down payment. This made sense: my company offered a 25% match on 100% of my contributions. However, I am now planning to l...
Ryan Fatula
Spinning my wheels acquiring my next rehab!
Hi guys,
Over the past year I've successfully flipped 2 REO properties I picked up off MLS. I'm an agent and got them both relatively easily. I placed an aggresive offer on the first, and on the second I had the REO ...
Zack Ellard
Have $40k and ready to start investing
Hey guys. My wife and I are about to sell the house I owned before we got married (we currently live in hers) and we will have about $40K to work with to begin our investing career. We do have about $14K credit card d...
Kyle Lewis
CapEx reserves included in expenses?
I've used a variety of deal analysis calculators and many of them include CapEx estimates/reserves in the 'Expenses' category, like this:Income - Expenses (including CapEx estimates) = NOIBut shouldn't CapEx estimates...
Taylor Comer
Sacramento Newbie!
Hi, my name is Taylor and I currently live in the downtown Sacramento area. I am in my early twenties and manage at a well-known fine dining steakhouse.Throughout my life, I have never been close to anyone who was tru...
Jason Minnich
Non-Responsive Property Manager what to do?
Hey guys, I have a bit of a situation and I hope you all could give me some advice on this issue. I am active duty military stationed in Ohio and I have a SFR in California that I finally have rented out with a prope...
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets is Making Your Pockets a Little Bigger: Help Celebrate a Milestone!
In celebration of reaching our 100,000 member milestone in the coming week or so (we're less than 500 away as of writing this), we're going to be giving away thousands of dollars in prizes to our users and advocates!
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Orlando Kell
What is proper order of rehab work?
Just purchased my first SFH rental off-market. Needs extensive work but don't know true extent. I do know it needs P/B foundation repair, new tile, and plumbing updates. My question: is there a general order of doing ...
Leonard Nisay
Out of state investing.
Hello Everyone!I'm a newbie. In process of closing my second home in the Sacramento area. First one was lost due to foreclosure in 2008. I believe right now I'm in a portion to invest and grow but not sure how to p...