Andrew Halbert
Bizzare situation with wanna be tenant
Cliffs:Passed all my screening methods. Give me 800$ cashiers check to hold house until Security deposit and first months rent is available. Each time she attempts to cut me a cashiers check for the sec/dep+1 month ...
Christina Phillips
Assignment Purchasing of Tax Liens
I know that you can purchase tax deeds in Texas with a 6 month redemption period at 25%. I also know that these tax deeds are for sale at auction in every county every month. What I do not know is whether or not the s...
Alexander Ball
whats the catch?
I'm going on tuesday to check out a 5 bedroom rental property that is a short sale and listed at 85k. However, the description says the house is valued at 185k. How could this be? How could a house be listed at 100...
Michael Ding
Ceiling Fans in Rentals
Hi everyone!I recently purchased a rental property in the Tampa Bay area.The house did not come with any light fixtures. I was wondering if I should replace the lights with light fixtures or with ceiling fans (that ha...
Zack Busch
Crazy Idea to Acquire, Flip, and Sell
Hey everyone! I posted recently about a house that needed a full gut to flip in the Philly area. The house is listed for $235k (was at $250k on my original post) but my agent talked to the seller’s agent and they indi...
Nick Breslin
New from Portland, Oregon
I am a 21 year old looking to make real estate investing my career. I plan at the moment to buy my first small multi unit property within the year and live in one of the units using an fha loan. Then continue to manag...
Francis A.
South Minneapolis - Along the Hiawatha light rail line down to the airport
Hi,I have been researching SFRs, duplexes and triplexes in South Minneapolis. The triplexes and duplexes I have seen seem to be all built around 1900s. They are essentially older than the SRFs. For now, I use www.rent...
Nehemias Ponce
Partials, partials, partials...
Hi everyone! I am at least ankle deep (but more like knee deep!) in my education in note investing. I am interested in dipping my toes in by perhaps buying a partial. I have up to $10,000 to begin with, and from what ...
Miles Stanley
Valuing a 4-plex im considering purchasing
Hello all,I’ve been heavily focused on SFR buy and hold analysis and I'm thinking about looking at a 4-plex in my area. When looking at the ARV, etc...how exactly is the ARV determined on a 4-plex. Before you say co...
Kevin L.
Evaluation of a property
Super noob...just wondering if there was a quicker way to inspect a property. It seems to take me hours to look at a property, because I have to count everything that needs replacement. I hate taking realtors time.....