John Krauklis
Just purchased first out of state property in St Louis
Hi all. I am a real estate investor and contractor in Denver with a few large single family short term rentals near downtown. I just closed on a mixed use, five unit property in St. Louis that I paid cash for. I plan...
Brian Parsons
mortgage note investing ... how to begin
Let me start by saying that with my self-directed IRA, I'd like to ultimately get into rentals and having the cash flow from them. I also would like to invest in mortgage notes. My issue at the moment is that I only h...
Chris C.
Can HOA REALLY dictate windows?
HOA requires brown windows. It will cost me an extra $3500 to purchase windows that are brown, with grids, and with brown capping. My windows are original, don't work anymore, have broken seals and waste energy. I'...
Lisa Miller
Snotty nose at a preview
As a landlord I have had many successes and more than my share of nightmares. Every tenant a lesson, learn or repeat until learned, both the good and bad. I learned to take the opportunity of the proposed tenant p...
Shawn Davis
Getting Ready To Quit the W-2 and Go Full Time REI - What Are You Doing For Health Insurance???
Hello All -We are about a month away from getting completely out of all W-2 employment and going full time (hubby & I) in REI. We have been thinking about this for a while and feel like we are in good shape to do...
Scotland Ray Smith
Getting into REI with the odds in your favor?!
Aloha BP community, If you couldn't tell by my lengthy nonexistent list of deals listed on my profile I am a newbie trying to make my way into REI. All jokes aside, I am an avid podcast listener and I've been reading ...
Tim Coulter
First Analysis - Am I anywhere in the ballpark of reality?
I am going to preface this with I am a completely new investor (0 deals under my belt, but will buy at least one property in 2018). I would like to do some variation of a house hack in San Diego (ADU/SFH-MFH conversio...
Toby Munk
When/where/how will we bottom out?
OK, really like to see what people have to say on this one.
1) First tell me your area and how much it is down so far from the peak.
2) What do you see the total % loss from the top until we hit the floor?
3) What t...
Rebecca LeBrun
Question about Owner Occupied Investing
My husband and I are interested in purchasing a multi-family home to live in. The idea would be to purchase a 3-4 unit home, live in one of the units for free, and rent out the other units to cover the mortgage and a...
Lisa Brown
Wholesale
Hello bigger pockets community! I am so excited about kicking off my new venture as a real estate investor. My focus right now is trying to obtain a wholesale property. I have looked for properties on auction sites an...