Kimberly Dawn
Advice for Seattle newbie looking at Whidbey Island
Hi my name is Kimberly, and I've just entered the 'interested with enthusiasm growing exponentially' phase of real estate investing. I live on the beach in Magnolia, a smaller community in Seattle, with ridiculous vi...
Gretchen Roberts
Apartment building appreciation: rule of thumb?
Do apartment buildings appreciate in the same way single-family homes do, only at a lower percentage, or is the value of the building at the time of sale based solely on NOI and cap rate? I'm working on a long-term bu...
Micah Lundstrom
Starting out in real estate investing: Purchase vs Arbitrage
Hello, I am new to real estate investing and hoping to source some advice on first steps. Currently I have about $60k that I would be willing to move into real estate. By the end of the year I could have $80k. I work ...
Nita Martin
NEWBIE w/LOTS of Questions...
Hey All,My husband and I are Newbies to the RE Investment world, and we have lots of questions that we know you all can answer :)We are in the process of closing on an unoccupied 4-plex with an occupied apartment in b...
Benjamin Larance
My fix and flip became a buy and hold.
My first fix and flip became a buy and hold rental - unexpectedly. The renovation took a month longer than expected. Sales prices for similar homes in my selected area peaked and began to fall before renovations wer...
Kelly Arthur
Whether to evict or not
NJ BiggerPockets Family I need your help. I bought a 3 unit in West Orange in June. It came with 2 great tenants and 1 tenant from Hell. Based on what I found out after I bought it, she and the previous owner hated ...
Chris Toedter
Every GOOD Property i find it sells for WAY OVER ASKING
So I am ready to invest in real estate SUPER EXCITED, looking for a 3 family Plus. By the way I am from Northern New Jersey. SO I find a property I am interested the numbers work as listed using the tools I Bigger Poc...
Joseph Vaughn
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal
Hey BP family!I'm running my initial analysis on an investment opportunity in Athens. I want to put in an offer to tie the property up so I can do my homework (approve sellers books, records, leases, property manageme...
Theodore Thorpe
Somewhat new here - from Houston Texas
Hello everyone!I am new here and not really new here at the same time. This is my first (or maybe second or third) post after signing up on BP! I signed up a few years back, lurked here for a bit, never really posted....
Clayton Sneider
Anybody Specialize in Bad Credit Score Tenants?
Is there anybody here who allows tenants with bad credit, but charges extra rent/deposit? The standard advice is simply to not rent to tenants with bad credit. But can you make extra money by taking on the extra risk,...