Matt T.
Somerville, Massachusetts: Questions about Section 8
I am under agreement on a property in which we will inherit a section 8 tenant. She lives in the smaller of 2 units and is interested in moving to the larger one when her lease expires because her voucher has increase...
Chinmay J.
A year in review -2017.. Where do you go from here?
*Please keep in mind while reading this that I work 45-50 hrs a week in my corporate W2 job*2017, or rather tail end of 2016 was the first year that I got really serious about Real Estate Investing. Prior to that, I p...
Nathan McQueen
Any Dave Ramsey Followers out there...?
Hi there BiggerPockets world,This is my first post here on BP, I’m a newbie/ wanna be investor. I’m working on educating myself on the real estate investing world. I’m posting this to get some advice from the BP world...
Ryann Kluthe
Using self-directed IRA to purchase buy and hold properties
I would like to learn more about the use of an IRA for the purchase of buy and hold properties. Are these properties held in an LLC that your own or in your personal name? Can you use these funds for any property, whe...
David Espana
Using SDIRA for private lending
I have set up a self-directed IRA account for my real estate investments. I have been approached by an investor/developer to lend second or third position on his projects (which is allowed by my SDIRA custodian as lon...
Scott F.
LED Lighting (fixtures)
LED Lighting (fixtures)So incandescent is out, CFL’s lasted about two years and now we have LED bulbs but even better... LED fixtures! I’ve started changing out fixtures (as needed – interior and exterior) for the new...
Tony Norella
Home converted to rental sale
We are thinking about selling a home we own. We lived it for 5 years and because we were under water on it, we couldn't sell it so we rented it out and bought another home. We have rented it for 5 years now. Is any...
Lee Yan
Building a $1.8 Million rental portfolio in 2 years
I started out by renting my condo to a friend 3 years ago when my company moved me all over for a work assignment. I was able to save up quite a bit as my living expense was paid for and I put away all my salary an...
Darius Lipsey
Fourplex in rough area
I'm a first time investor considering putting an offer on a four plex that location on a solid street in what I'd call a semi-rough area, I wouldn't really want to live there, but as far as I know there isn't a ton of...
Steve DellaPelle
City Inspector Just Created A Million Things to Do
I had my city inspection today to receive a rental permit and it did NOT go as planned. I spent the last month doing renovations and I got my unit looking GREAT (at least what I thought)...City inspector comes in to c...