Les Z.
looking to buy rental property in any state - 100k down, traditional financing
Hi all,I've been looking to invest in rental properties for a bit of time. I am currently located in Illinois (Chicagoland). I looked around this area, however the taxes here range from 5k-12k on typical home which ...
Brett Nissen
landlord experience for friends renting rooms?
I am looking into buying a 3-4 bedroom property and having friends / co-workers rent the additional rooms. I would be living in the property as well. I would have them each sign a lease to ensure terms are laid out. M...
Cal C.
What valuable asset(s) are you adding to a partnership?
Is it money, is it knowledge, is it contacts, is it something else? I ask this because sometimes newbies don't have a clue. Here is an example, an investor was approached by a co-worker about doing some single famil...
Benjamin Brooks
What's the consensus on investing in states you don't live in?
Hi all,New investor here. I live in CA and had already had some reservations about becoming a landlord in CA due to horror stories from co-workers about how tenant sided the laws are and having those reservations conf...
Jonathan Klemm
Closed on my second deal! Now everyone wants to know about the $
My first deal was a long 3 year house hack flip in Louisville, KY, which was quite successful. I profited close to $80k!! I doubled down and closed on a 2 flat in Chicago which was quite expensive ($665k). Now that...
Peter Lee
Perception - Good / Bad Idea?
Hi Guys!Any advice is greatly appreciated. :)So, I’ve been investing in real estate on and off for about 15 years now and got about 20 deals under my belt. My day job is in the Information Technology Analyst and I jus...
Kevin Lutz
Newbie Deal Analysis: Do I have a good deal?
I have a 9-5 job, make good $$, but looking to get started into passive real estate investing to build cash flow away from my portfolio which consists predominantly of index equity funds (I am in investment management...
Jason Mageo
N. San Diego REI Opp
BP PostHello, looking for advice on options. I live in N. San Diego and was planning to start my investing journey by building an ADU on my primary residence. I had the soil testing engineers out taking measurements a...
Andrew Korcek
Application Fee and background check service
I'm trying to decide how to do my background checks. Does rentprep and zillow charge their fees per applicant or is that fee for the entire household?
I was going to use Rentprep and from what I can tell that is a pe...
Rik Shaw
Help, tenant plans to skip out!
Hey Bigger Pockets, I made the mistake of renting to a co-worker. She was new in town and any place she tried to rent was molded and invested. She had heard that I had an available house for rent, I reluctantly agreed...