Aaron P Englert
I live in California, how should I get started
I've wanted to buy a rental property for a while, I've got 220,000 saved up. Everything I see here in California is sickeningly expensive and I'm afraid 99% or with my luck 100% of them would barely cover the mortage...
Luke Eckert
New Investor Plan Minnesota
Hey all! I'm just starting out located in the twin cities area (MN). I closed on my two bed one bath condo in April of this year and didn't stumble across BP until shortly after. I really like the idea of building a m...
Ankur Tiwari
Doctor and Lawyer looking to become new real estate investors
Hi BP,
My wife and I are looking to start investing in real estate. She is a corporate lawyer and I am a physician and we realize that we want to be in charge of our own income stream and not at the whim of those ab...
Nick Stango
Funding your first deal
What's the best way to fund your first deal without using your own money?
Duncan Banks
Down payment challenges
Happy Friday pocket people.I live south of Boston, earn a good salary and am looking to buy an investment property but am struggling on how to come up with a down payment. I've owned my home for a little over a year ...
Ursula B.
Bought A Property Sight Unseen...Bad Move?
I'm starting this thread to keep me accountable for finishing what I started.So I bought a condo sight unseen. Completely by accident. I was outbid on a unit in this building a few months ago, and I was so excited t...
Chase Hayden
Lifestyles Unlimited Expo worth it?
I am very new to BiggerPockets, and to real estate investing as a whole. It is something I have wanted to do for a while, and after procrastinating long enough, I finally decided it was time for me to learn more ab...
Luke Liu
Becoming a landlord during grad school
I realize this may be a fairly unique situation but I'm wondering whether anyone can opine on this or point me to the right resources.
With the help of my parents I bought a condo in NYC several years ago. I'...
Matt Smith
Penalties if 1 year lease broken?
I am a landlord in California. I have to renew a lease in May, but my tenants informed me he wants to do month-month in order to buy a home. I don't want to do that a prefer a yearly lease. He asked me what the penalt...
Tony Marcelle
If you become a landlord, which tenant is the better choice?
Lease option tenant, section 8 tenant, or just a regular month to month tenant? In my opinion, I see benefits to the lease option tenant because they are renting to buy a house which means they will take better care o...