Amanda Thompson
Is 12% Management fee outrageous?
I currently own a property management company (started it one year ago!) and personally manage our own 22 investment properties. We are in negotiations to sell a chunk of land that has 15 units on it.The buyer "very m...
Alexis Glenn
Best Area to start in the Bay Area
Hi Everyone, I am a aspiring investor -mostly interested in rental properties. I am hoping to make my first purchase in about 6 months using an FHA loan on a multifamily property. However, I recently moved to the Bay...
Ian Crane
Bad Loan Processing, Lock Expired, What Now?
I put an offer in on my first deal on May 1st this year. My rate lock at 4.25% in the GFE expired on June 17th. After months of poor communication and performance on their end, I finally got final approval to close ...
Caleb Anderson
Tenant Backing Out of a 2 Year Lease After 3 Months!
Hey BP community!So my tenant is backing out of their 2 year lease, and they've only been there 3 months. The reason for leaving is "getting married and moving in with new spouse". My cash investor owns the home, and ...
Joe Young
TIME TO CASH OUT? Our dillema.... OPINIONS!?
Some of you may have read our post last year, but in short our first rental property was victim to a fire - So we tore it down and built ourselves an awesome, waterfront home to be used as our primary residence. Took...
AJ Anderson
Where to invest 100k?
Hi everyone- first post here.My wife and I recently did a cash-out refi on our home in Los Angeles and are sitting on a decent chunk of money with the goal of investing in some property. We initially were purchasing a...
Lesley Resnick
We could all use a little diversion - best street names
Happy Friday,
Just a little fun on a Friday. Jacksonville has some unusual street names. I am not sure how they came to be, but they are just confusing!
Boulevard Street
Alley Road
Highway Avenue
NoRoad...
Account Closed
Bank on appreciation and resell or rental income?
Hi everyone! I am so thrilled I found this forum because my husband and I can't decide if we should take the risk with a potentially really great investment out of state. Some more info:
This pro...
Dayna J.
$100K Cash. Should We Buy a Home and Invest w/HELOC, or Rent and Invest Cash?
I'm humbly requesting the help and brilliant expertise which is never in short supply around here. We're about to be in possession of $100,000 to $138,000 cash from the sale of our home (primary residence). This figur...
Account Closed
Why not a "Real Estate Failure Stories" forum??
Ok, so I can picture the raised eyebrows and perhaps even a curious look from @Joshua Dorkin right now... but please bear with me and read on.This topic has been raised by other users here, and here and several other ...