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I have some garden level apartments that have a cement slab at the bottom of the exterior stairs with a drain hole in them. The drains are not tied into a pipe system from what we can tell. It appears to be one of th...
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Hello fellow BP members! I am new to REI. I am looking to buy my first deal and wanted to know your opinions on this buy.
SW 13th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL.Duplex 3/2 on each side.Priced at 264,000Think I could rent i...
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I live in Poughkeepsie NY, where there is a bunch of abandoned properties. How can I determine the potential properties from the useless ones?
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Hi Everyone,Last year, @Alec Neita and I built the BiggerPockets Investment Market Index - a study of rent and value increases, year over year, in the 50 most populous U.S. metros. I think that study is useful for in...
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Hello Fellow BPers!I am a newbie investor from Southern California and have been spending a lot of time reading forums, books, and consuming as many podcasts as I can over the past several months. That preparation has...
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I have a rental property improvement invoice with no tax id. The handyman refuses to provide his SSN. The worth of repair $5.5K. Is the receipt valid for next year's tax return in California?
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Military member, Looks like I will be going to Charleston, SC next since my wife has orders there(Dual Military) Looking at using the VA Loan for a 200-220k House putting 10% down for a 15 yr fixed rate loan. Good ide...
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I have a duplex where the water is not separate. The tenant uses too much water via (doing laundry every single day) and doesn't want to foot the costs. Aside from many issues, I decided i'm not renewing her lease nex...
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I ran into a woman a week ago who had a great investment idea, I thought. She told me you can pick up a used mobile home for next to nothing, rehab it, put it on a piece of property with a well and septic and sell it ...
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On my personal residence (a property I plan to rent out eventually), I have a conventional 30-year fixed mortgage with Wells Fargo. I purchased the property back in April 2018 and only had to put 5% down. Due to some ...