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Hello everyone my mother in Law has offered to sell us her single family home in east San Jose,CA I'm new to RE investing and want to set her up to be well off after the deal is done and for us both to pay the minimum...
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I just read about this on NextDoor that this is on the news today. Scary and sad.
Links: Houston armed arsonist killed: Evicted tenant smokes out property manager and 2 others and shoots them to death, HPD says...
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Hey all,After some thought and help from previous posts, I have decided to begin taking some steps to turn my primary residence into a rental. It's a nice townhome in Northern VA, that I know is fairly in demand, esp...
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I'm in the processing of buying a rental property. I'm thinking I want to set up an LLC, but the law firm we're using is very busy, and it will probably take a couple weeks for them to set it up. Originally I was pla...
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Hi, Myself and 2 partners are getting started in SFH-small multi unit rentals in western PA. Due to a couple factors, we are not looking to actually purchase anything for about 6 months. We are however trying to get a...
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Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could share with me the basic steps to start up a corporation to protect my future property investments in Illinois. I've been all over the web and reading forums and now I'm com...
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My daughter, Denise Dresbach, referred me to this site, as I am interested in property investing, and she said this site has been very informative and helpful to her. I have been a realtor for 15 years, but not active...
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Hello BP!I am not new to the real estate world but I am not a grizzled vet either. I want to start acquiring properties for buy and hold purposes and would like some advice on how to lay the groundwork now before I go...
Hi, I have a single family home that currently has 1 tank water heater serving 3 bathrooms and a kitchen. I am converting to a duplex and later on into a quad. The contractor is recommending adding a second for the d...
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I've been talking to a company that says you can set up your LLC as an actively managing real estate investment business getting its own financing, building it's own credit history, having the tax deductions of a home...