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first time poster and a green hand, seeking advice.
I am interested in purchasing a short sale property.
The seller bought in 2005 for 440K.
short sale listed around 275K about a month ago,
recently reduced the price...
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Here’s my potential frugal plan to drastically reduce my housing costs in Bay Area. On Thursday begins Plan A, I’m gonna ask for a raise at my current W2 full-time software engineering job, and plan B, if that raise g...
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I am trying to help a friend who is a landlord. My friend is owed 8k in rents, his tenants always pay late, pay half, or don’t pay at all. They’re very behind and over the last two years he is owed around 8k. They are...
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I'm closing on my next project in a week. A small 2-bed/1 bath ~850 sq ft house we are gutting to the studs. I will be subbing out most of the work but also putting in ~2 months of my own labor. While I have done my f...
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I saw on the Oregonian that Portland is now mandating landlords to pay relocating fees if we raise rent from now until 3/31/2021 and tenants can not afford the new rental rate. Tenants must provide a written statemen...
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Looking to maybe invest in my first rental property there and am being given almost too good to be true rental income estimates and wanted to validate with real owners to see see if what I am being told by property ma...
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Hi, I just bought my second unit, a probate rehab & rent. It took me 90 days to fix it up and place a new tenant. Ive noticed that the basement wall seeps water during very heavy rain due to hydrostatic pressure. ...
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My name is Kishor and I have a full time job in seattle. I have no real estate investing experience but I find the subject extremely fascinating and viable in regards to creating greater financial independence. My g...
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I am Active Duty Military stationed in San Diego, CA. I started watching flipping/rehab shows then researching youtube. 3 months ago I received orders from Guam to San Diego. At that point I knew we will invest in a...
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So I first posted 7 months ago. I've learned a great deal, but am still searching for my first rehab and resell opportunity. I've looked at a handful of houses, but a couple had far too much scope for my first deal ...