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I recently bought another rental property, SFR. The fence on one of the sides of the property is in terrible shape and could affect the ability to charge market rent in my opinion. I contacted the owner of the house n...
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I plan on touching on a couple different things, so please bear with me.
1. I recently sent out about 110 letters(leads were obtained via usleadlist), regular postcards, with the typical " My name is etc, I'm an Inv...
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I got a call from my contractor today. After three coats, the ceiling paint isn't sticking and they need money for kilz, new paint as well as for labor to repaint. I have no problem paying for the kilz and paint (alth...
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Some say that the current financial situation may evolve into a crisis similar to that of 1929. So, how did mum and dad property investors come out of the 1929 crisis?
I suppose they had a hard time for several years...
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I have recently taken a job in a different area than my Jacksonville, FL home. My wife and I are buying a new home in our new area, but are undecided what to do with our current one. The market in my immediate area ...
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Hello everyone,I am very excited to have found this web-site. I had originally googled some invester questions and this site popped up. I am a Newbie and a "Late Bloomer" to real estate investing. ( late 50's). I am ...
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I've read a lot about people buying and holding in the rust belt and have been doing some basic research into the areas. I've been leaning towards buy & holds in OH or IN, and looking at certain areas that cash fl...
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Cleaned out a vacant unit today.At the back wall next to the slider doors on the inside is dry and brittle in the pics.Don't see any insects there.
Don't know what this is.Any Guesses?
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Hello BP Community,I'm not necessarily new to BP, but this is the first time I've attempted to dive into this since I first joined back in 2016, so to continue to cement myself further into this commitment, I wanted t...
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Hello BPers, long time reader, first time poster. I currently own 12 Apt’s in Fairfield county CT and about to sign contracts on 10 of mine to sell. Looking into doing a 1031 to defer taxes. My question for y’all: is ...