Kate K.
How to valuate deductions from Security Deposit properly?
Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...
Alyxandria Welch
New investor looking for advice on IRA
Hello everyone,I have a bit of money in an IRA right now that I would like to eventually use towards the purchase of a rental property. I am looking for advice from other investors who have used their IRA money. What ...
Marlia Stone
Investment Property Gone Bad
Hey BiggerPockets, I’m here for any advice that you can give me on my current situation. I recently purchased my fist Duplex property in July 2021. The property seemed like a great investment with minor cosmetic issue...
Shafi Noss
Multifamily and Machine Learning
What do you guys think of using machine learning for multifamily investing? I have a friend who works in consulting and his company Keystone using machine learning tools to solve large-scale problems, and it seems lik...
Jackie Chiles
Debating Firing PM Company
My wife and I have owned a property on which we've lost money on for the last 6 years or so. It started out as our primary residence in 2007 and stayed that way until we moved out of state in 2009. When we moved, the...
Jonah Geil
Zoning violations - Multiple units in R5 zoned house, how common?
Hi - NEWBIE ALERT!We're first-time investment property buyers. We're looking at buying a house that has been running as 3 units for many years. However, it's zoned R5 for a single dwelling. I'm aware that code violati...
Account Closed
World Cup Talk
i know plenty of yall argue on this board about the fate of our country...but please tell me yall will at least be rooting for them in the world cup?!?!....BIGGEST SPORTS EVENT IN THE WORLD...side note, i actually exp...
Mike Nelson
Swimming pool FINAL inspection NEVER closed, HUD home UGH!
I am in the process of buying a HUD home, and the title company informed me that the house I am buying never had the Final inspection closed on the swimming pool and it has been expired for 20 years. The house was b...
William Durel
Went to my 1st Real Estate auction.
I’ve gotten to the point where I am ready to purchase my first property. I’ve researched the market, completed over 50 property financials to get comfortable with it, and have read numerous books.I WAS NOT READY FOR W...
Chris V.
Stockton Deal Analyses – Estimating Costs
Stockton Deal Analyses – Estimating CostsA while ago I wrote a series of posts ranting about the current state of the residential income property market in Stockton, CA. In each post I highlighted a current listing an...