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Hello! We are new homeowners, new to this site and have just started on the path of REI. We bought a house in Mt. Washington (Pittsburgh) in June 2017 through a Fannie Mae HomeStyle Renovation Loan. We first made an ...
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Do you guys pay to get popcorn ceilings with asbestos removed? or do you guys do it yourself?Is there any advantage or benefit to having it done professionally and providing paperwork to an appraiser during a re-appra...
Recently I was reading something that suggested putting in crown molding and finer touches to a rental property. The purpose to attract quality tenants. The idea on the surface sounds good, we all want to attract qu...
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Hello BP,
One of my renters is becoming more and more of a total thorn. I made a huge mistake giving them my cell phone number too. Texts every night about little small issues. For instance, she texted me tonight as...
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What is y'alls favorite way of finding deals?Quick background: I have a few rentals at the moment - kind of used the brute force method and put 20-25% down on each of them and a couple of them turned into BRRRRs (left...
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This sub-forum may be more useful to us if we let each other know whether we are interested in the City of Detroit or the suburbs. I have partnered on deals in Detroit but all of my individual investments have been i...
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I'm looking to start investing in real estate and its a big decision, so I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on your first flip. I'm looking for advice as to where to start and if possible a mentor. Does...
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I am about to become a first time landlord, on June 1...Til now, in my very short investing experience, I have only dealt with PM's and never directly with tenants. But I am willing to give it a try bc the place is a ...
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Hello to the forum community and anyone reading my first post. I have been doing a ton of research on tax liens and deeds (reading, videos, 2017 tax lien sales records, county websites ect...) My question is specifi...