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Hi all! As the topic title suggests, I’m a prospective foreign investor, meaning I don’t own any properties yet, but I’m eager to change that! I’m a UK citizen, but live in Japan, so either way it will be long distanc...
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Good Morning BP'ers,
I have a question on how to find a good renter for a unit we are having trouble with. We've recently purchased a new property which is beautiful. The interior is very nice as well as the exteri...
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Hi Guys,I got a funny one: My tenant called me yesterday to let me know that there was no more power in one of her bedrooms. I asked a few questions before deciding to send my handy man.....Well it turns out that all ...
Hello All. I was directed to this site by the owner of a national real estate advertising firm that caters to military families. What a great site--tons of information. I will try to be brief but informative here. ...
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Hey all,I'm having a bit of trouble sorting out how to complete a double closing here in CT. To attempt to summarize, my attorney tells me we can't fund the A-B with the B-C money. We are using a hard-money lender (HM...
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I have been considering the idea of using HMLs in the future. Not that I would plan to, but I was hoping some of the HMLs or folks with experience borrowing from HMLs could describe what happens if you default.
So fa...
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Hi,
I just wanted to post about a fun experience I had this past Friday night at one of my rentals. At about 10:00pm I got a call from one of my tenants telling me that she just got home and found the toilet leaking ...
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I live in Portland, OR, and am looking for my first house hack. My initial goal was to find a duplex or SFR to rent out so I could live for free. As I look more into the Portland metro area market, I am having trouble...
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I was curious how the two compare. I'm aware that in wholesaling, one must tread lightly on the side of "brokering", especially without a RE license as this opens up potential doors for legal issues. But how does this...
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I thought I'd share this anecdotal story since it seems a theme on the forums and blog is about taking it a little bit slow when you are starting out. (This is probably more geared toward buy and hold people than fli...