Kevin Barnett
What is your definition of "flipping" and "rehabbing"?
I was at a recent REIA meeting and someone asked what I did. I told him that I was currently rehabbing a house. I try to avoid using the term "flipping", especially with so-called investors savvy types, because it see...
Alex K.
What to do if plumber finds surprise and cannot finish the job?
So I had a leak under the slab foundation of my 4-plex in the hot water line. I paid a plumbing company to find the location of the leak with a listening device. The guy gave me a bid of $1525 to fix the problem the...
Joshua Bruski-Hyland
New Member Introduction
Hi All,
My name is Joshua Bruski-Hyland and I would like to get into the Real Estate investment business at a greater capacity. I am an Active Duty Air Force service member currently living in Tacoma, WA. I've alread...
Justin Fox
Capital Expenditure depreciated over life of property.
So say you've been depreciating a property for 10 years. Year 11 rolls around and you completely replace the roof. Does that just increase the remaining depreciable balance (basis) for 17.5 years? Or do you deprec...
Timothy Launhardt
Newbie investor currently in Williamsburg, VA.
My name is Timothy Launhardt and I am originally from Upstate NY (Red Hook). I will be "transitioning" out of the USN after 20 years. :beer:
Will be moving down to the Jacksonville, NC area in early summer. ...
Caitlin Brown Tuinstra
10 Bdrm Foursquare in North End of Hagerstown, MD
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $305,000
Cash invested: $2,000
With the proceeds from my first Live-In flip I was able to acquire this beautiful ...
Kevin Knight
SBA Loan Investing and More
Hello BP friends,I have a question for the hive mind. I'm still a rookie to REI.. a super rookie. I have been running my own business for a few years and have had some success. I've managed to save 50K and I was jus...
Will Johnston
Unpermitted Additions in DC
I'm considering buying a house in DC that's roughly 1000 square feet, but 400 of those are unpermitted. Does anyone have any experience or stories they can share about trying to get permits for an unpermitted additio...
Chris Purcell
Anybody watch the show Property Brothers?
I'm definitely into it as I love all aspects of rehabs and construction.But it is so ridiculous and unrealistic it's hilarious.5 min ago: "So the house is actually city subsidized and they are listing it at $615k. Ho...
Nathan Christensen
Househacking with a Garage
So maybe somebody else has already thought of this but with all the interest in house hacking I thought I'd share my idea and ask if it's even plausible. So house hacking seems to be a pretty viable strategy for newbi...