All Forum Posts by: Bryan Huntington

Forgive me, I may not completely understand your concern. If you’re buying the rental, the realtor commission will not be a problem since the seller pays for the realtor. 

@Kelsey Folger

Allow pets

@David Zeek

Right now the market is at an all time high despite all the unemployment, businesses going under, businesses struggling in general etc. since March, the market has made the biggest climb in the shortest amount of time in history. The Market is in lala land right now while the world burns around it. At some point there will most likely be a pullback. Probably not until after the election when the feds stop propping it up but no one knows the exact time or how much it will pull back. Heck it might not pull back at all. But the probability is high. If it were me Id pull it out and put it in real estate yes.

@Shaun M.

Panties. Inside a wall...during rehab. Gross more than cool but you get it.

@Michael Duke

Like others have said FHA is probably the way to go. In additional I would say negotiate that the seller pays for closing costs. Will save you a few thousand (depending on the deal of course)

@Jermaine Chad Ingram

I’m a healthcare provider. Every healthcare provider has a national Provider Identifier (NPI). This is public info you can look it up online to verify the person is not a quack. On the ESA letter the provider should give this NPI # you can look up.

Hi everyone,

Im remodeling a 4 bed 2 bath duplex to make it a 8 bed 4 bath (4:2 on each side) and just finished one side. Just about to rent out the one side and start remodeling the other side. The goal is to ultimately BRRRR the thing. On the one hand I want to rent it out ASAP knowing that losing 2 months of rent isn't worth trying to squeeze an extra $100 or so of rent per month. BUT higher rents could mean higher appraisal and higher cashout refi. Therefore, would it be worth it to try to hold out for higher rents for higher appraisal? Or it probably won't matter and just rent it ASAP at perhaps lower rents? It is a duplex so the appraisal process might not take rents into consideration since it's not 5+ units?

What does everyone think about this? IMO completely foolish. They should let the market determine rents, not government.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/oregon-rent-control.html#click=https://t.co/UIxK0K98Bx

Just curious how many contractors people have had to talk to before finding the right one for the job. So far for my current rehab I’ve probably talked to 15-20 general contractors on the phone. 7 have come to bid, 4 have flaked out and never got back to me on the bid, 2 were over priced and one seemed kinda clueless. Still searching. How is everyone else’s funnel looking?

I’m currently house hacking my first property. ( is a duplex, living in one side renting out the other). On the side I’m living in I’m doing a rehab job turning a 2 bed 1 bath into a 4 bed 2 bath by finishing the basement and some other upgrades to the upstairs as well. Once done, I plan on moving over to the other unit and do the same thing to that side and rent out the finished side for about $1700. My current tenant just moved out of the other side and I’m still about 4-6 months away from finishing my side. Due to limited funds I’m doing most of the rehab myself and only subbing out a few things so it’s taking me longer than I’d like. My question is should I turn over and try to rent out the other unit for those 4-6 months? Or just hurry up the rehab on my side and get it done and leave the other side vacant? Ballpark I could get $900-1100 per month for rent in the market it’s in. The other unit isn’t in terrible shape but it does need some TLC and would require some time and effort to get it rent ready again. And keep in mind I’m going to rehab It in about 6 months so it doesn’t make sense to do a ton of improvements such as replacing the carpet (which needs to be done). Is the extra income worth it for those 4-6 months? Or not worth the time, energy, money for turn over?