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13 March 2018 | 11 replies
Welcome @John JacobsI have been doing exactly rental/development and BRRRR, mostly in Berkeley and Oakland.
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22 March 2018 | 4 replies
Looking for a low cost way to pull some cash out on paid for investment property in Gwinnett County Georgia. Owned for over a decade. Free and clear. Great credit and reserves. No more than 70% LTV. Rents are high and...
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16 March 2018 | 7 replies
Happy Monday y'all,Its that time of year again: tax season.
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16 March 2018 | 8 replies
You can try in 6 months, seasoning, but if you don't have rental income on your tax returns some banks may make a fuss.
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16 March 2018 | 2 replies
We will be making an effort to develop our website more so that applicants can see what we're looking for and help streamline the communications back and forth, but this is the first time that that need has become apparent.Thank you for your input and advice.
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24 September 2018 | 31 replies
Still surprising to see the increase of inventory with all these developing houses but not seeing much job growth which kind of draws a blank..
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21 March 2018 | 43 replies
For sure, can't imaging having mosquito season year round.
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16 March 2018 | 1 reply
Look at the contractor's own contracts, if he or she does not have their own contracts then they are not truly serious about their business and is a red flag to me.If you do want to take the risk of using a cheap general contractor or using cheap subcontractors then I would develop your own master agreement for your contractors and have them sign it in order to let them know what the standard is.
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19 April 2018 | 3 replies
I'm really excited to see what's going to happen in terms of development and real estate.
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19 March 2018 | 2 replies
This again allows you to maintain control and have transparency with where your money is going.To wrap everything up I will give an example of what Gear'd Development does.1. walk through with client and review of the scope of work.