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Hello Everyone,When looking at pictures of a home, how do you go about estimating what the cost of the rehab would amount to? Do you ask for more in-depth pictures of the property and then go to the contractor and ask...
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Hello, A few months ago I wrote about how I was done procrastinating and ready to get in the game. Since then I have been viewing properties and today I saw one that I thing the numbers might make sense and I am ready...
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Do Bp still offer Rehab cost estimator?I see that I have to put the value in myself. I thought that was an useful tool for me analyzing the properties.
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Hello Everyone,I was wondering what my fellow investors use to estimate costs. For instance carrying costs. In addition, how do you get better at estimating repairs when you first walk into a property?
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I've been using Trulia to analyze home insurance in Pueblo CO. I'll take these estimations and enter them into the BiggerPockets analysis tool. However, when I attempted getting quotes the insurance premiums are nea...
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Hello BP community,So we have just gone into escrow for our first primary residence, that we intend to turn into a rental (once we move out-of-state). I would appreciate an experienced persons input on estimating cost...
Hello,I am running some numbers to assess whether to invest in a place for short term rental (our first one, although my husband and I already own a LTR). For those who already rent your property, have you compared th...
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What are all the costs I can expect on having during closing and how can I figure out normal prices or estimate what it might be?I want to figure out a ballpark estimate of closing costs before I analyze properties so...
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Am I the only one that doesn't feel like the ROI calculations are good enough? I have expenses that come up at different times of the year (taxes, insurance, etc) and then I am saving for capex, random repairs, etc. M...
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Hi all, I'm a brand-new member to BP and this is my first post. I'm just starting to learn about REI and am at the stage where I don't know what I don't know, but have started looking at properties online all the sam...