Aaron Thivierge
Closing on 1st Real Estate Investment with questions.
Good afternoon. I've been a member for 4 years or so, but I got distracted for 3 of them. Now, the fire is lit again, and I'm motivated. I have been in discussion with 3 owners of a single family home that has been a...
Colin Smith
Agents - What Marketing Is Working For You?
This seems to be an elusive answer on the web and answers can greatly vary from site to site, especially if the source is really trying to market themselves to begin with. Let's keep this discussion about our non-inve...
Haydn Zeis
How I walked away from my first deal with $67,899.45; thanks BP!
As I’m writing this I’m about 12 hours and 30 minutes away closing on my first deal. However, I’m not going to post this on the forum until the paperwork is signed! You never know what can happen!In 2014 I purchased...
Nathan Gesner
Why you SHOULD allow animals
This is probably the best study I've found on the benefits of renting to pet owners. Too many Landlords believe pets cause too many problems and result in a loss of revenue. This study found the opposite to be true. B...
Brian Eilering
Trying to ween myself off of Airbnb
As everyone is rushing to get into the Airbnb market, we have been in it long enough to want to get off of their platform altogether.We still want to do short-term rentals just not on Airbnb due to their guest-friendl...
Saika Maeda
ADU permit or not; financial implications
Hi all, I’m almost in escrow with this single family home in LA with an un-permitted large ADU with a Certificate of occupancy. An architect told me that even though ADUs should not be bigger than 50% of the main hous...
Paige Roberts
Tenants moving out due to roaches
My tenants called today informing me they are breaking their lease and moving out. They moved in around February of this year. I had the rental professional sprayed before move in. A 3 or so weeks after they told m...
Shannon Glanton
How did you get started? Advice to newbies!
First post alert! Greetings Bigger Pocket Family!For those seasoned investors (or newbies), how did you get started? Let's be honest, there is a wealth of information found all over the internet and in Podcast. Howe...
Chinyere Orie
Pros/Cons of Hiring Mentor?
Hey everyone! So I'm just starting out in REI (and by just starting out, I mean I'm looking for my first deal). I'm focusing on buy and hold multifamily investing. I've heard great things about getting a mentor to r...
Jim Francis
Finding comps
I'm looking for some good websites to use for finding comps. I found
http://www.domania.com/homepricecheck/index.jsp
http://realestate.yahoo.com/re/homevalues/
Are there others that you can recommend?