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26 April 2019 | 0 replies
This was one of 10+ properties pulled from the MLS that I looked at over one weekend home from school My negotiation skills were poor (well before great books like 'Never Split the Difference' were written) so I did not negotiate much.
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26 April 2019 | 0 replies
This was one of 10+ properties pulled from the MLS that I looked at over one weekend home from school My negotiation skills were poor (well before great books like 'Never Split the Difference' were written) so I did not negotiate much.
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9 May 2019 | 9 replies
If the appraiser knows the area I think I can pull my money out.
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27 April 2019 | 5 replies
How about getting your property reappraised, refinancing it and pulling out money for renovation expenses.
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6 May 2019 | 53 replies
10 units in 2 years is not slow that is in fact very fast, congrats on being able to pull it off.
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29 April 2019 | 6 replies
During the height of the mortgage housing crisis, banks really did not have systems in place to deal with short sales and were making it up as they went alone; often pulling the carpet out from under the seller at the last minute.They are a lot of work; the seller has to be willing to cooperate by providing info and follow instructions, the buyer needs to be patient and have cash, and the realtor needs to have experience.I would be happy to take a few questions.Bob
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29 April 2019 | 20 replies
I'm doing my first one with an "owner-builder" so pulling the permit is not an issue (I know how to do all the paperwork stuff).In the future, if I need a GC to pull the permit, I would like to still have the option of firing him from the job if things don't go well.
10 May 2022 | 3 replies
And can I pull out the original $150k investment (before the 50k in gains) at some point without any issues?
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27 April 2019 | 2 replies
Prices kept risingNow I am playing in Detroit, building costs in the last 12 months has increased by 10% a good signCurious do other investors look at this Makes perfect sense to me, Marisa unless builders are getting increasingly pulled to the suburbs and build prices are rising simply to entice them to Detroit proper (not sure that's necessarily a bad thing though either).Curious where you're getting this data.