Renee Allen
The housing bubble from an appraisers view
As an appraiser my opinion of the housing bubble is the fauld to the mortgage lenders. Most of the time, when doing an appraisal, if the report did not come out to the expected market value of the property, the lende...
Dan P.
Restricted Breed as Companion Animal?
An inquirer asked if I would accept 2 german shepherd service animals. Two dogs are fine with extra deposits. German shepherds are on my restricted breeds list (but of my choice not because of an insurance requireme...
John Warren
Go small or go big?
Hi everyone,I have done a ton of reading on buying both 2-4 unit properties and I have also done a good amount of research on buying apartment buildings. I believe that the larger apartment buildings is where I want t...
Azita S.
Do I Need to Issue MISC-1099s?
As an individual owner, do I have to send 1099 to individuals I hired to work on my rental properties? I know as a Corp or LLC, I do, but no sure as an individual owner if I'm supposed to send them 1099s.Thanks,Azita
Joshua Pavao
Preferred areas in So. Florida for investing in flips?
Hello Floridians!So a brief introduction: I'm new to Florida, recently moved to Aventura from Massachusetts. I'm also new to real estate investing since I didn't want to venture into this topic until after I had made ...
Amanda Dallman
Self Directed IRA in Washington state?
Hi BP, The company I work for was just bought out and I have a chance to roll my 401K into a self directed IRA. Im looking for a host that offers IRAs that can hold real estate, rental properties and syndication. Is t...
Jim Klapmust
1031 splitting from shared ownership
Hi all,Back in 2004, my brother and I acquired a rental property. We split it 50/50 and continue to this day. We aren’t structured as a partnership or LLC, just two bros who bought a house together.Fast forward to tod...
Charlie MacPherson
Agents - What would you do? Seller wants out of his contract.
What would you do? Here's the scenario:
I helped a first-time
rehabber to buy a house several months ago. Built in 1920, 4 beds, 2
baths, 2016 sq ft, master suite. It's in a very high end town near
Boston. ...
Troy Michaels
how to get make offer on owner finance deal when seller is afraid of due on sale clause
120000 asking price with 40000 down is what seller wants. the 40000 is the payoff on owner note with his bank . ok, how can i work this so that the seller will do the deal without me paying off his note ? he only wa...
Ivan Jouikov
Realtor advises against making official lowball offers - your take?
In a search for my own property I finally got one under contract. It's a short sale and they've got 30 days to get the lien holder approval (they actually advertised it as pre-negotiated, but wanted 90 days for this)...