Holly S.
To renovate or not to renovate?
I am about to have a house transferred to my name in Maryland. It's a total disaster and although I haven't had it appraised yet, I'm assuming I will not get much when I try to sell it. It was built in 1993, the drive...
Andrea Mas
Help! Need a reliable plumber & electrician, permit q's -King Co.
Hi All,First of all I want to offer my profuse gratitude to this community, to BP for their podcasts and wealth of priceless information that got me to move out of my comfort zone in San Francisco to Seattle to get st...
Rob Pattison
Needing a second opinion on my $51k tax obligation
I bought a house in Costa Rica, using partially money from my 401k through a covid distribution, which meant I escaped the 10% penalty but still am liable for income tax.I'm 59, and took out approximately $200k. This...
Chris McDonald
Rental Property in "War-Zones"
Im new to real estate and I'm sure like everyone, I heard about people Section 8ing their property's in these "war zones". I've seen posts about semi-war zones but nothing about full on war zones.Now when I say war zo...
Bruce Lynn
Everyone wants to buy a foreclosure until they get to see inside the property
Everyone wants to buy a foreclosure until they get to see inside the property.
Look at what this guy won at the tax foreclosure option.https://www.13abc.com/2024/02/25/buyer-beware-local-man-buys...
It's not always ...
Patrick Senas
HELP!! Market Rent Appraisal LOW, contingency already removed
I need advice!! On Aug 3, I removed all contingencies because my loan officer said that everything checked out on the appraisal he received from the VA. He wasn't allowed to show the appraisal until the VA "cleared" i...
Aaron Desimone
So I didn't do enough due diligence
I recently bought a foreclosure house. It is on a narrow lot with a garage on it. While the house was vacant the neighbor came and dug up the leach fields for the house I just bought. He told me it was to detour peopl...
Malar Subr
Request Guidance - Tear Down Cost for Mobile Homes
Dear Biggerpockets Members,
I am currently actively looking to purchase a mobile home park and i have found one which seems in a pretty bad condition. It is an 8 space mobile home park which seems to have 8 p...
Elizabeth Wilson
Humor in the grossness of a foreclosure..
We bought a REO and finally got to do the first walk through this weekend.By the time I got to the master bath, the stench was almost overwhelming. But then when I say their most recent reading choices, I lost it!At ...
Kevin Moules
MY FIRST FLIP!!! COME FOLLOW MY JOURNEY!
I did a post about my first rental purchase here (https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/67...) which took place last month. During the time of acquiring the rental property I also came across an opportunity ...