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Hi, My name is Roger Hartje, I live in Berkeley California. I currently think of myself as 'the accidental landlord' as we have a duplex and a SRF we got at various times for our large family, but as empty nesters saw...
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I am an investor who has no real estate license. I would like to negotiate my own BofA short sales. BofA requires that all properties be listed with an agent.
1) Does that mean that my offers have to be submitted by t...
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I learned this today and just double checking on biggerpockets to make sure it is true."Indiana uses the 1-2-3 Tax Cap rule. In a nutshell, Owner Occupied properties owe 1%, Non-Owner Occupied properties owe 2%, and C...
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I've been reading The Book on Rental Property Investing, listening to BP podcasts, and watching YouTube videos in an effort to learn as much as I can about real estate investing before getting into the game...but I've...
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Think of relocating to Madison WI area. Property taxes are shockingly high there and we are looking into having a small farm. Anyone know what’s required to get a homestead exemption due to having a small farm on yo...
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Hey guys,
Been getting some leads for deals where the owner has filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Anybody have experience in this area? Is it possible to earn a fee wholesaling these types of deals (double close/assign)?
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Trying to buy a FNMA foreclosure in Tampa. The Florida FNMA addendum to the contract has some strange verbiage. It is as follows:
Certificate of Occupancy: If the Property is located in a jurisdiction that ...
I am a SAHM 28 while my husband is 33 a computer engineer. We have a nice piece of money that we have gathered about 20k and would like for it to go towards our first investment property. We are in the process right...
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I am selling a 46 space MHP that was built in the early 60's. The park is on city water/city sewer and the water pressure is low, but in the range of normal. The buyer had the water tested twice. They are saying that ...
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I have a direct mail responder (out of state 'motivated' owner of rental condo in Atlanta) who wants to preserve his credit but does not want to do a short sale as the bank requires $20K to be paid. It is a secondary ...