All Forum Posts by: Matt Taschner

We have recently finished and sold our first flip property.  We did pretty well and would like to reinvest into another property.  Our strategy will be to use direct mail and also start a Word Press site to generate leads.  It will be a "we buy houses" layout using conventional finacing for the deals.  At least until we can raise enough capital to pay cash or find a private lender.  My question is should I list it as we buy houses and pay cash because we are pre approved or should I leave out the we pay cash part of it?  Thanks in advance.

Thank you for all of your input everyone.  This helps immensely.  I have two rental properties currently and have just sold my first flip.  I'm very excited to continue this journey in real estate investing with the help of everyone on Bigger Pockets.  Thanks again!

Hello, we recently had some tenants move out that had lived in our property for 3 years.  We had initially collected the security deposit from them for $700.00.  Upon moving out and during our final walk through we found that the place was left very dirty.  The carpets needed to be cleaned, we had to hire pro cleaners to deep clean the house, and some screens were damaged.  There were many holes from pictures on the walls that had to be filled that were not, the appliances were not cleaned and part of the original wood floor was damaged.  Lastly, the landscaping had not been maintained as the weeds were taking over. I am wondering how we gauge if they are entitled to any of the security deposit or we are able to keep it to go towards the repairs.  I will be doing much olf the repairs myself so I would not have a receipt to show for my time. Thanks in advance.

I'm in.

Count me in. Great idea!