Douglas Larson
77K return . . . but I wouldn't do it again!
Older home with great bones built in 1942 - needed full remodel.Purchase price: 235k - short saleProjected costs and time: 45k and 3-4 months.Actual renovation & carry costs $86k and 8 months of work.Commissions/c...
Dawn Anastasi
This is what the public thinks of real estate investors
http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2013/03/26/mabel-bobo-loses-charlotte-home/
Article title: Mabel Bobo, 88, Loses Home When Investor Buys It for $5,000
I think this is what the public sometimes thinks of real estate ...
Vu Pham
Maine Short Term Rentals
Hi,My partner and I are looking to purchase a short term rental in Maine. We haven't zeroed in on a specific city/town yet but we're focusing our search on areas within 2 hours drive of Acadia National Park. We'd like...
Elizabeth Martin
DSCR Loans in Ohio.
My husband and I just purchased our first rental property. We got a really good deal and we think at the end of it we will have about $80,000 in it total and the ARV will be about $130,000. The only problem is the ref...
Deborah Burian
Application Fees
I'm really struggling with this application fee thing. Any words of wisdom? Going to have an Open House today and it doesn't feel right to take a fee from each applicant knowing we'll only rent to one...
Andreas Mueller
Should you Rent or Buy?....How about Both! (Yes it's possible)
Hello all my BP Compatriots! Welcome to my weekly a real estate investment article, coming at you live from Nashville, TN, where I do a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all...
Douglas Graham
THinking of getting into low income rentals
I was looking the other day at house prices in crumier Baltimore neighborhoods (no, not ALL of them are crummy, but many are). I see houses that are selling for about $40-50K that are appear fairly decent and seem...
Jack Srimani
Is having no master bathroom a issue
Hi,
I am considering a house for flipping in a good neighborhood. This is a bank REO property. The asking price is 75000 dollars. The comparable properties are 12500. If pruchase price of the property can be negotiate...
Darren Landerway
Why is it advised to find the deal first ?
Hello,
Newbie here trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible. So I've listen to BP for a bit now and there is a reoccurring phrase I hear not only from the host but other investors and that is "get out and find...
John Ki
Syndication advice in Dallas Forth Worth area
I am considering investing in real estate in Dallas Fort Worth area or surrounding suburbs. Either buy a home (may be new home) and rent it out - but property tax going up, home insurance going up (30%), mortgage rate...