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10 February 2017 | 5 replies
Look for bank owned properties, aged properties (older than 120 days on MLS in most areas), properties falling out of contract, auctions, etc.
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14 March 2017 | 2 replies
I'm not exactly brand new to bigger pockets but I never posted an introduction and I'm still new to REI. I've been reading and contributing to the blog for several months now and have listened to about 80 of the podca...
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9 March 2017 | 0 replies
I'm looking for a real estate attorney for a property in Falls Church, VA to help my girlfriend with with an ongoing loan issue.She was a victim on old balloon payment/adjustable rate loan originally through BofA that caused her mortgage payment to triple back in '09, leading to non-payment.She was a part of a class action lawsuit and was advised to not pay her mortgage.
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13 March 2017 | 9 replies
Here's a 48-point DIY Inspection you can do before you write up a contract - to make sure you're really looking at the state of the property rather than falling victim to Shiny-Object Syndrome.This is in no way supposed to take the place of an actual inspection from a licensed home inspector.
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29 March 2017 | 6 replies
If the property you are looking to acquire falls in Illinois, feel free to PM or call me and I'd be glad to assist with this type of a scenario.
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11 March 2017 | 3 replies
Based on experience regarding kitchen cabinets, which do people fall in love with.
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13 March 2017 | 4 replies
Thinking October September.2- should have near 770-800 credit and heard of friends putting down below 20% with insurance which falls off after they have down 20% is that kind of loan common and do able for a single adult3- I plan to rent rooms out, is this something that helps mortgages or hurts?
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4 May 2017 | 26 replies
Typically on these you're spending 50-70 and renting 700-850.I take a different approach as a local, I do up and coming areas in the urban core (Mapleton Fall Creek, Bates Hendricks, a few others), pre-1930s builds.
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15 March 2017 | 11 replies
What can be helpful for them as a perspective tenant (which you can tell your agent to advertise to applicants that fall short of the requirements) and yourself as a landlord, is to use a guarantor company.
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25 March 2017 | 17 replies
it's a state university actively being built looking to complete fall 2018 along with the gas monopoly moving hq into the same project.