Leslie Ann Carabuena
How terrible is this deal? Am I doing this right?
Newbie here trying to do luxurious house hacking.
Goal: Buy a class A or B multifamily for my family and my extended family while trying to reduce housing costs and build equity in NJ/NY area using a VA loan.
Req...
Tafari Howell
How can I get a equity loan with terrible credit?
I started as a union carpenter in NYC. I worked and saved then bought a house in northern California. My sister also bought a house around the same time very close to mine. She eventually moved to las Vegas and didn't...
Johann Jells
Moral Dilemma: what to say about terrible tenants when asked?
Do you ask applicants for their current landlord's contact info? I do, but never call. A few years back I was put in an impossible spot. I was evicting a rotten couple, not an easy thing in NJ but I got lucky, and the...
Francesco Adriatico
Rental has terrible carpeting flooring and Landlord won't fix it
Hello everyone, Last month, I started renting a semi-basement in a building in New Jersey. When I moved in, the apartment heating was not working and I had to fight with the landlord and threaten him to not pay rent i...
Don Draper
New Real Estate investor w. terrible credit...where to starts??
I am in the Tampa bay, FL area. I am looking to invest with the BRRRR method. My goal is to create affordable housing for the elderly. I am looking to use an LLC. and I understand that it will take some time to buil...
Jason Chen
Terrible deals that you have seen other people get into
Anyone have any good examples of terrible deals that you have seen others get into? As an example of what NOT do when it comes to real estate investing.I read online about this "vintage" 34 room motel that recently so...
John Smith
Need help! Recently bought a home that's in terrible condition.
Hi BP,
Earlier this year, I purchased a home where one of the units was vacant during inspection. After closing, my property manager took over and mentioned that there were several squatters and homeless people livin...
Michael Bishop
Anybody else have a terrible time with the blog tools?
Does anybody else find the site's blog creator tools frustrating and difficult to use? I can never get any type of formatting to work the way I want it to; bolding text very rarely works, headers work or don't work wh...
Joseph Coleman
MLS Websites Are Terribly Inefficient - Is There a Better way?
Hey! I am analyzing properties one by one through sites like Realtor.com,Zillow exc. As a first cut I am calculating which properties cashflow by plugging in estimated price, rent, debt service, expenses, exc. This al...
Alex M.
I inherited a terrible tenant, but don't want a vacancy
Actually, I inherited THREE terrible tenants. But one is causing me more of a pain than the other two put together. Here's the summary of my three tenants:1. The continually late nice guy - artist. living paycheck to ...