Karl McGarvey
Best Way to make a Tax Refund work for Me!
First time investors here! In preparation for applying for loans and financing, I am trying to work through how to best apply my tax refund to work for me. Basically I have narrowed down to, pay down our only vehicle ...
Makenzi Capezza
Preparing Drywall for Painting after Walpaper Removal
Does anyone have any experience with drywall that bubbles when pained/primed? Just bought our first property and there was 80s wallpaper in the kitchen and bathrooms (yuck). Removal was fair but there was some rips in...
George Lay
Getting offers at below land value?
Hello BP Community,I'm relatively new to fix and flip and I've been making offers on property using "70% ARV minus repairs" which makes offering prices sometimes below land value. My realtors keep telling me that peop...
Brett Babcock
Chicago / Cook County tenant screening
Hello everyone-- I am noticing a trend emerging in background checks, and I would love to get your opinion. We have started pre-screening people before a showing using an app called "Forewarn". This app finds and comb...
Christene Martin
No Show Tenant
Hi, I am in the middle of an odd scenario. I have a condo in Guttenberg, NJ... investment property. A new tenant signed a lease in early January for a January 19th move in. They were supposed to submit prorated Januar...
Austin Hughes
How to Get More People to Complete Application
I've been getting GREAT results from my property marketing lately, but one thing that's been weird is the people who ask us to email them an application are typically not filling it out.We do tell them it's $35 for th...
Shadi Ayyoubi
DC Mixed Use / Airbnb
BP Community hope all is well! I'm evaluating the acquisition of a currently 3-story mixed-use building in DC. Two apartments up top and retail on the ground level. I'd likely occupy one apartment and convert ground ...
Fabian Cid
Hi everyone! Does this knowledge apply for UK?
Hi, my name is Fabian I am 24 years old and I just moved from Spain to UK (London) after finishing my degree in Business management.So, first of all thank you for having this great platform with such useful tools to l...
Cheyenne Davis
How do we get rid of this infestation?
We have a house that we are rehabbing and it has an African Killer Bee infestation in the attic. It's a small attic and the person we hired can't actually see the nest, but there's definitely a huge amount of bees. Th...
Redgy Saint-Germain
Refinance with 203k rehab money left over
Hello guys, I am a newbie here and seeking for some answers regarding an FHA loan. I bought a property using a 203k rehab loan and I was wondering about what will happen if you have reno money left over in your escrow...