I was in escrow on a house out of state. They required a $1000 earnest $ deposit. The escrow papers gave me 2 weeks to inspect property for defects. I asked for a 30 day escrow, but as I recall my realtor made it a...
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I have a condo and there was water leak in the Unit below my Condo, The neighbor called their Plumbers and mentioned that there might be potential water overflow from my Unit in the report. Two weeks later I received ...
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Hi BP community,I'm Jason and I'm just getting started in the real estate world. I have aspirations to achieve financial independence through REI and all of my Google searches for educational info seem to ultimately l...
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I have a 2BR 1 Bath SFR to rent for $1,000 a month. I have a Tenant screening criteria list as well. The issue is that included in this we require 3x the rent amount as income to qualify and the partner on this prope...
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Hello Everyone,My fiancé and I are looking to start our real estate investing careers this year by purchasing a small multifamily property to house hack. We are interested in Salem, Massachusetts as the market seems i...
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Alright, I’ll just throw it out there and hopefully not feel too dumb when the answers start rolling in. I hear a lot about the 10 conventional loan limit. I have 4 single family houses and 2 loans (2 houses/loan). I...
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Hi everyone.I'm brand new to real estate investing and the forums.I'm listening to the podcasts and I'm hearing over and over that it's a good idea to get your real estate license.I love that idea, but to do it, you h...
I have a 4-year tenant living in a no-pet building. They texted me 1 year ago to say they may not want to renew their lease because they were looking to get a pet in the future - and to also to point out another tenan...
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Just saw this story pop up on my local news site:http://kxan.com/2014/07/28/east-austin-tenants-for...Is this a national trend, requiring online payments in lieu of any other payment method? If so, is it being met wit...
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Hello all,I wanted to run a situation by you guys to see if anyone has any experience with saving historic properties or ideas on creative financing for this property. I will try to give a short run down on the situat...