Alex Alaniz
Selling property contingent on Appraisal
Just listed my house and listed it for $140,000. Going into it i was worried it may not appraise for that so I listed it a little high. I have an offer on the table for 145,000 contingent on the appraisal. How can ...
Kendall Mitchell
My business partner point of view
I have a know who is successful in the rental property side of real estate and I asked him if I can invest with him and he said yes. The only thing I have is trust in him and no knowledge of the business. So, he told ...
Account Closed
Are PSA Guarantees Safe?
Apologies for the incessant questions but I have another with respect to the deal I'm involved in (fitness center here in California).The property in question isn't set to be completed until April of next year but the...
Quincy Mingo
Purchase 3-unit from Business Partner (Buyout and Capital Gains Tax Liability)
I own a 3-unit multi-family with a business partner. The mortgage is in the name of my business partner. The interest rate is 4.5. We put 5% down when we first purchased it in 2019. The loan is not assumable. I want t...
Benjamin Summers
An Introduction to Option Strategies in Real Estate
One of most prolific and powerful tools of “creative” finance in real estate is the lease-option, but this tool represents only the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to the most powerful breed of derivatives...
Sassy Dlynn
LLC
My Husband and I own 3 houses and two of them are rentals. He wants me to put the rentals under an LLC. Now I know an LLC is to protect you in the event of being suid, but if we have good insurance polocies, does that...
Terry Portier
My First Quarter Earning’s & Start-up Cost
Labor: 180-hours (15hrs/wk, $80K median household income) = ($7,200)
Labor includes reading BP(education), looking at properties, going to REI association meeting’s, talking to banks, agents, internet research(home...
Philip Johnson
Hiring handyfolks off Craigslist risky? Protection?
I regularly hire handymen off Craigslist and work with them on rehabs. I keep their total pay under $500 and have done an occasional i9. I would like to know how to protect myself as lot of these people are unlicense...
Ken Nyczaj
Scrub walls to remove smoke damage
Hey Everyone,Just closed on my first flip in Maryland. The seller smoked heavily in the property, house is 1250 sq ft and is a rancher style. I was thinking we needed to remove carpet, scrub walls, and then prime, but...
Account Closed
best ways to fight roaches
to make a long story short, i had tenants move out the week before i bought the building and they lived in filth..even my contractors didn't want to go in there, it smelt so bad..there were roaches everywhere. i had ...