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Account Closed New member in St. Petersburg - Tampa
3 May 2015 | 8 replies
Looking forward to browsing through the forums and getting started.
Trace Sexton New to Real Estate in Birmingham, AL
29 April 2015 | 7 replies
However, due to the inherent inability to practice law without a license, I've recently been spending most of my spare time learning about real estate, playing with the BP calculators, browsing listings, and listening to the podcasts.
George P. #18 rental was purchased today (this one was weird)
21 July 2015 | 11 replies
just closed on #18 rental today. it's located in westland, michigan.this one was very weird and almost didn't happen at all. it had 5-6 stumbling blocks, but my experience helped. not giving up and trying something new also helped.it came up on the MSL about a month ago. it said "great investment oppt, tenant wants to stay and rent for $700 per month". i tried to get in touch with the listing agent (turns out broker). he texted, but did not answer. next day he told his agent to work with me. made an appt to see it, then agent called back 3 mins later and says "tenant is sick, house is off the market". so i gave up, but kept thinking about it. 2 days later i was browsing the Broker's site and noticed that one of his agents is the wife of a coworker. so i immediately got in touch with her and we were able to see the house the next day.turns out it's a 4 bedroom (legal basement room) in a 3 bedrooms area of westland. rents in that are can go up to 1,050. this house was super nice, not clean, but great yard, great garage, great brick.started talking to the homeowner and turns out their redemption period is over TOMORROW (4/30) and they will be on the street. they wanted cash sale, listed for $49.9k. the caviat is that they can pay up to $800 per month in rent. so that's at least $250 less than what i could get if they were not there.so, i knew i wanted the house. i didn't care about the low rent... so, i went home, did the numbers and offered this:month to month contract for 2 yrs, i can kick them out if they are not paying and get the house.rent will be $735they can cancel their homeowners insurancethey can cancel appliance protection planwill revisit the rent in 2 yrsoffer is $51.5k cashthe problem was the line of credit had only 33k. talked to my bank and we were going to bundle the last 2, include this one and just buy this one. i thought it was a cash deal, the bank thought they were financing it in a loan.a day before closing i called to confirm that everything is ok, and they said "no, we have not heard back from the title". i was livid.luckily i had 20k in another account, but it was out of state. so i had to transfer to local bank. this morning at 6am the 20k showed up. closing was at 12pm. i did 2 wires from 2 different banks and good thing i had the 20k cash.they almost lost the house and i almost lost the deal. if the 20k didn't show up, i would have used my credit cards to pull cash out this morning.1 hr before closing, i realized that the 1st of may is in 2 days and i told the agent "want may's rent and 1.5x for deposit" I was so stressed out i had forgotten to ask for that... she said "too late for that, get it later". i said "i am not closing then". we talked to the title and they said "they are getting ~$2300 back, we can just give you the check and they can sign it".phew!
Johnathan Preston Buying Property in a college town
11 May 2015 | 1 reply
Here in my state they meet once a month and there are quite a few wholesalers that attend the meetings.Are you partnering with a realtor or just browsing the mls? 
Austin Hughes I have a Prospect List! To Automate or Get Writer's cramp...
21 August 2015 | 0 replies
Aside from him, I am going to mail out some form of message to these people.I am browsing different mailing services currently.HERE'S WHERE I NEED YOUR INPUT! 
William C. Unable to access all search result topics
31 August 2015 | 0 replies
Nothing happens when I click on page 2, or, subsequent pages.I've tried refreshing my browser but that doesn't work.However, when just browsing through the forums I don't have any issue accessing any subsequent pages in topics.
Michael Hong Newcomer in the Philly Area!
1 November 2015 | 7 replies
I have been quietly browsing the forum here, and I love what I see.
Ryne Ray 50k properties, turnkeys, appreciation, and exit strategies
4 September 2015 | 3 replies
This is my second post and must say I love the community here on BP and thank you all for taking the time to provide great insight for us new people browsing every day. 
Seth Kitchka New to Buildium, experienced PM software users come on in!
12 September 2015 | 20 replies
@Seth KitchkaI browsed over the article Seth, but yes that appears to be what you want to look at.  
Warren Bright Cape Tonian Investor
28 November 2015 | 1 reply
Hey everyone.So after the many hours spent browsing BP and listening to the insightful podcasts, I thought it about time I join the forum.I am a Marketing student from Cape Town, South Africa with a passion for real estate.I am looking forward to gaining knowledge from other people's experiences and learning as much as I can.