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I recently posted that some lending and sales schemes were predatory.
First, predatory practices does not have a legal definition, generally you will find examples of strategies or activities that are deemed ...
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Asking for help is something I struggle a lot with, let alone asking someone for money to fund a deal. I am working on being more open, breaking out of my shell and being more confident when talking to people because ...
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Hello BP Community,I am looking at a duplex in SE DC, right off of Pennsylvania Ave/Minnesota Avenue. The duplex is brand new construction and is being offered at $799K. I was thinking this could be a good house hacki...
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Filing out my taxes is getting complicated. Thank you to all of you who have been helping me especially Steven. As I have already posted I have three rental properties I acquired in 2012, and one I have had for thre...
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In May of this year I had a failed attempt at securing financing for a mortgage on a rental property. I ended up paying cash and then refinancing two months later. The question is about the cost of the failed mortgage...
Ok - so this is a little tricky but ill try to be as brief as possible. Bottom line - my neighbor is about to sell his house and was going to use a realtor. Since rates are low and he told me this I decided to make ...
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Investment Info:
Other buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $3,000
Cash invested: $3,000
Vacant Lot
What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?
The city is changing...
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I have found most management companies take 10% rent plus one half to one full months rent amount when filling a unit. Considering a 12 unit with $1,000/month rent per unit. Worst case scenario all tenants could lea...
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Hello to everyone,I have an investment that I'm considering and would appreciate some feedback from someone who may have been in a similar spot.Here are the details:6plex, close to schools, transit and all the good st...
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I currently have 5 units all with the same property management company, they are all in a different city from where I live. I would like to scale up and buy more units and was wondering if anyone ever used two differe...