Josh Bishop
Commercial vs Residential
I have a small residential portfolio which I have enjoyed and would like to continue to grow. Commercial investing has always interested me, although I have heard its a much different animal. I have a residential lice...
Austin Joseph
Long Distance Investing
Do any investors in the Austin area invest primarily out of state? Finding deals in Austin seems to be extremely difficult and even though I know of people that have success in DFW and SA I'm still interesting in disc...
Account Closed
Sell or Rent - How to Decide? Any help very much appreciated! :)
Hi everyone, I'm new around here and I would love to get some good advice on this.I own a home in South Tabor (Portland) that I bought in 2010 for 240k, PITI is $1650. I haven't put any money into the property to spea...
Aaron Gorum
Contractor didn’t do a good job
We just finished a kitchen renovation around Newport RI and we aren’t happy with the quality of work provided. First, the contractor ran way over timeline. I didn’t have a penalty for that because I thought a simple k...
Bienes Raices
Sewer line inspections
Has anyone paid someone to come do one of these during their inspection period? My offer was accepted on a short sale where the seller and his friend apparently put in a new sewer line on their own (not sure what the ...
Travis Bodnar
Understanding and determining the market trends/climate/cycle
Podcast 19 really brought something to the front of my mind (sorry I know I just started listening to the podcasts). Everyone always talks about the market trends or climate. I have also heard about market cycles (a...
Jay Hinrichs
Recession, Market Crash, Bubble ??
Well main stream media is now coming out with comments like."WE are already in a slump in RE new construction is down But real estate is not going to lead a recession.. "so what that will do is boost consumer confid...
Mindy Bowden
Water damage to floor - what would you do? What type of flooring?
The 1st floor toilet on my rental flooded the other night. Most of the first floor currently has laminate. My tenants mopped up the water as soon as they realized but some time had gone by before they had even realize...
Lawrence Henkel III
147 year old 5,000 sf triplex
So I looked at this property today and it is a huge 5,000 sf 147 year old home that was converted to a 6 unit at some point. The current owners have converted most of it back to one giant 3,200sf home with two 900 sf ...
Christian Espana
1031 or hold due to low interest rate( 3.375 / 20 year)?
Hello BP Community,I have a property in California with about 270K in equity, but no cash flow, just breaking even. I am considering selling and doing a 1031 to buy properties in Florida or Tennessee. Initially I was ...