Zana Blue
House Doesn't Sell So Realtor Raises Price $10,000
I was looking at a cute updated (potential buy and hold ) cottage house...however the location was simply awful as the house backed up to low income apartments and the railroad tracks were one block away...the listing...
Maria Martinez
Missing Things from house I rented
Hello, I bought a house in Fl in 2009. Since I live in Venezuela and do not come to the USA very often I decided to rent the house and use a Realtor to manage the house as I couldn't do much from overseas. The house w...
Account Closed
My first rentals were remote rehabs; Here's what happened!
(Apologies for the long-winded post!)My second remote rental rehab is in the books! Here's my journey and lessons learned along the way! Photos/Quote Details provided! Shout out to @David Greene because if it wasn't f...
Masroor Ahmed
First LOI
Hey BP folks - I'm a new investor and need some help getting over the challenge of getting deal number one.While there's a ton written about due diligence check lists / process, I'd like some advice on pre-LOI diligen...
Trisha S.
Unhealthy Living Environment? lease abandoned
Tenant Communication
09/05/2014
Debra called Trisha
Debra stated that there is mold on the inside of the toilet bowl and
sink bowl by the drain. As well as, a small amount o...
John Fiastro
Great Rehab, now what to expect from the Agent?
I am just wrapping up my first flip. The house looks great! Not one square inch has gone untouched. I am expecting to pay a stager. I had a real estate agent come and take a look at the house and he said that he wo...
Michael Henry
Purchased property tenants wants $1000+ of repairs
I’ve never run into into this situation before i recently closed on a property and turned it over to a property management company. Almost immediately tenants are complaining about several items they want fixed some t...
Ryan K.
Contractor price - lump sum or breakdown?
Curious to know how everyone is receiving contractor scope of work and pricing for rehab projects, do your contractors provide a scope of work with a lump sum total, or do they break down the items? For example, say y...
Vitaliy Merkulov
Alternatives to Credit Reports for Tenant Screening
As some of you might have heard, that credit reports are no longer going to contain some negative information on the reports according to this this article "Credit Reports to Exclude Certain Negative Information, May ...
Travis Smith
Building Permit Costs Accurate Reflection of Job Cost?
As part of its Open Data Portal, the City of Austin has made available a searchable database of building permits in the city. Does anyone know if the "Total Job Valuation" on the permit is an accurate gauge of job cos...