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First time landlords and we are screening a person who meets/exceeds income requirements, but has a bankruptcy (15 years ago). They also have 50k in credit card debt and 5 of the cards are nearly maxed out. Being firs...
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Good morning - wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a good financial advisor in the DC to SOMD area; someone who has experience investing and working with investors. My current advisor is very.....we'll say n...
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I've got a bead on a duplex in an area I like that has significant fire damage. Back unit is a full gut due to extensive fire damage (kitchen fire); front unit requires minor rehab. There is significant damage in th...
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I recently spoke with several friends about investing in defaulted mortgage notes and they had a negative response. They didn't explain why specifically, just that "they'd heard Notes were a bad investment". This does...
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I know you are not my accountant... So speaking in general terms:
I have several appliances that are pretty old in rental properties I acquired this year (ex: a 14 year old washer and dryer). When I plug in the num...
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Hello everyone! I have had a property in Indianapolis for about 3 years now and I have been considering switching property management companies. I am currently working with Zuluscape on my property and I was looking t...
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I have come across a couple of sellers who have had questions about their insurance and seller their home. The question they have is if they sell will the profit they make affect their insurance?? Will the state of Ca...
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EDIT: Title was cut short... FTC claims house flipping seminars featuring HGTV stars are total SCAMShttps://www.housingwire.com/ar...
"According to the FTC, some of Zurixx’s unsatisfied customers have tried to obtain...
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Sup BPers.
Wanting to get my feet wet and own my first piece of RE property. I'm currently working on my reserves. I wanted to get into a quadplex but came to a realization that it was too far fetch for me when my le...
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Hi Bigger Pockets Fam, My wife and I are from San Diego and looking at Austin Tx for our first investment property. We would love to talk to experienced out of state investors on how they manage their properties in Au...