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Working with Contractors for the first time
General Real Estate Investing
Kansas City, Kansas
Working with Contractors for the first time

Does anyone have advice on the best way to work with contractors and how to find reliable ones? Near Kansas City area potentially. Unfortunately, it looks like BiggerPockets doesn’t list any contractor contacts here. Would love to hear how others have found good contractors!

Johnson County KS Zip Code Stats....
Market Trends & Data
Kansas City, Kansas
Johnson County KS Zip Code Stats....

Here’s an October snapshot of 33 Johnson County, KS ZIP codes. I pulled these from the MLS. Numbers are represented as: Average price | Average days on market | Close to list price ratio | New listings for that month. 66013 - $739,442 | 155 days | 100.8% | 6 66018 - $499,083 | 66 days | 100.1% | ...

Decided to Start Self-Managing: Best Property Management Platform
Starting Out
Kansas City, Kansas
Decided to Start Self-Managing: Best Property Management Platform

Hey Everybody! I am 2 and a 1/2 years into my real estate investment journey. I have 4 properties in my portfolio that are currently being managed by a Property Manager. I am finally feeling comfortable enough and am ready to stop paying someone else to manage my properties and want to start self...

Emporia Kansas - Four Plex Horror Story
Real Estate Horror Stories
Kansas City, Kansas
Emporia Kansas - Four Plex Horror Story

My wife and I live in Emporia Kansas and we bought our first fourplex back in March, and I figured I’d share our experience so far to get some advice from people who have been through something similar. When we bought it, we moved into one of the units and started renovating it ourselves. The oth...

Fix and flip
Buying & Selling Real Estate
Kansas City, Kansas
Fix and flip

What would be a quick summary of how to get the money buy the house fix then flip it then being able to repeat

Looking for investors with experience in Wyandotte County, KS — especially “Unfit to
Investor Mindset
Kansas City, Kansas
Looking for investors with experience in Wyandotte County, KS — especially “Unfit to

I’m looking at buying a property in Kansas City, KS that is very close to my personal residence. The property is also directly adjacent to me, and the land actually butts up against my property, which is a big part of why I’m interested in this particular one. Im almost certain the house fire end...

New member starting my real estate journey
Starting Out
Kansas City, Kansas
New member starting my real estate journey

Hi all. My name is Peter and I just joined the community here. I live in Kansas City with my wife and young son and have always thought about investing in real estate but now that I have some money built up from my current job I feel like it is finally time to pursue this dream. I think my plan i...