Scott Trench
Surprise! Advantages to House-Hacking that I didn't Foresee
I think that my experience as a brand new "House-Hacker" can be beneficial to some other Newbies out there. I wanted to share what I believe are the top three surprise benefits to being a house hacker over starting w...
Jake Arnold
Buying a Multi-Family, Inexperience Led to a Surprise.
So. I'm currently under agreement on an off market 5 unit. This is my second "going to close" deal. I've made offers on several properties and have been looking down all avenues for a deal. I finally found one. I w...
Andy Chesnut
Have you ever had any crazy expensive surprise repairs?
Just had a $5,000 amount of work I had to get done on a property. Water damage, rat damage. Just 6 months in on a tenant using the property.
What do you do to avoid those? Is your property manager doing monthly inspe...
Justin Feldstein
Being OK with the Worst-Case Scenario: Anticipating Surprises
Let's say you are going to buy your first rental investment property. You spend a year researching your market, learning how to analyze deals, and after some time you come across a property for sale that meets all the...
Russ Wahl
Refi issues! BRRR complete and now a bank surprise!
Has anyone ever run into this issue and how do we navigate it? We bought our first BRRRR deal as a bank foreclosure. Took weeks to clean it up and months to rehab. We fixed it up and put tenants in it and got an appra...
Account Closed
What was your biggest surprise maintenance expense of 2020?
I was talking with a friend who said they had a $500 water bill from a running toilet. For me personally, I had to clean out the gutters about twice as often as expected at a new property due to clogging from leaves. ...
Jeremy Hennen
Looking for experienced investors in the Surprise/Phoenix area
Hey everyone,My name is Jeremy Hennen and I am totally new to real estate investing. It has been something I have always wanted to do, but have always felt was too far out of reach. Currently my only experience with r...
Brian Volland
Looking For Local Small MFR Investors Peoria, Glendale, Surprise
I am new to the Phoenix area but I am looking to set myself up to make my first small MFR purchase in the area mid next year. I'd love to connect with some of the local investors who have more experience in the west s...
John Miller
Mortgage Broker ghosted after dealing and sidewalks assessment surprise
Should I subrogate for the sidewalk assessment and work done after I purchased my fourplex?. The city says I can because the seller was supposed to disclose it. How would I go about it? I'm thinking that first I'l...
Neil Narayan
Unemployment rate falls to 13.3% as economy gains surprise jobs
Friday's government data comes on the heels of another surprising set of data, the monthly employment numbers showed a total of 2.76 million people lost their job in May, a number far lower than the predictions of 8.7...