Louis Zameryka
Advice on a low complexity 1st investment to get started?
I’m interested in diversifying from stocks and bonds to real estate but my wife sees it as “spending $” on a house not as an investment. She asked “why not mutual funds” any advice for a relatively simple low risk ent...
Curtis Maag
Inherited tenant..ending the lease
Just closed on my first rental unit Nov 9. The inherited tenant's lease is good through September 2019. Lease says I can't break it on my own...and it doesn't say anything about whether a mutual agreement can break ...
Bob T.
Does bidding for "everything" include dumpster and porta potty
When request bid from General Contractors my SOW stated bid to include everything from gutting to buy materials and rehab per plan. BP member's suggested the bid to separate for labor and materials. I was surprise...
Shawn Ryan
Eviction/ Taking possession from previous owner
I purchased a house in Galveston from the original owner right before Foreclosure. I didn’t have the previous owner sign a lease or anything. I’ve been told that I could evict her if needed. Long story short the previ...
Kyle Pierrehumbert
People not applying after positive tours
Hey there. So I am working on placing a tenant in my first rental property. I had a ton of traction from potential tenants this past week, a total of 6 showings all with promising folks.I have done simple pre-tour scr...
Kellan Martz
First Rental Property - In business! Ups, Downs, Tips etc.
Hi everyone - as they say, slow and steady wins the race and that's the name of the game: SLOW. Part of that is because I'm an impatient person and part of that is because the whole process was relatively slow due to ...
Chris Witt
Disclosing Previous Inspection Findings?
Question for all the agent/brokers out there. I would like to buy a property that has been contingent twice, each time falling thru after inspection. I understand previous inspections reports are the property of previ...
Joseph Taub
First deal might fall through bcs. of bad contract
Hi folks,This is a bit of a new member introduction and request for feedback on my first deal at the same time. I'm currently a grad student living in SoCal, and my wife and I have decided to start building a real est...
Bob Berland
Mining for Seller Carry Back Notes
Does anyone have a good resource for mining recent Seller carry Back Note transactions. I have looked into list providers which supply telephone numbers and addresses for recent transactions. Is there a better way to ...
Stacy E.
my first eviction
Hi,I've been doing this for a few years, first just renting out the second bedroom in my condo and now since I moved out of that condo I rent out the whole thing and also bought a house where I'm living and renting ou...