Tom C
Electric Company
A realtor friend of mine just put a house vacant house under contract for her client. When the client went to have the electric turned on, they told her since it had been vacant for more then a year, it would have to ...
Lior Golan
Advice for a foreign national flipper who wants to start in new construction
Hello everyone.I will give you some background on me :)I have been in the US real estate business since December 2019. I did 4 flips at that time, some of them were with partners, and some of them by myself. My last o...
Account Closed
First Offer - Texas TREC 1-4 - No Realtor
I'm putting together my first offer. I found a buyer wanting to sell a duplex in Texas. I have driven the property, met with the owner, but I have not yet had an inspection or walked the inside of the property with th...
Tami Olsen
Financing an "As Is" Sale
We have looked at a pre-foreclosure SFH that is being "sold as-is, inspections for information only". It also says "broken glass in back, not suited for financing". NOTE: it is not listed as a pre-foreclosure on the ...
Mike Webb
When "it" happens
Hi BP!
So I purchased a duplex in August, fixed it up and have both sides rented. Things have been going relatively well and I have been learning tons as I go through the process of inspections, screening, repairs, t...
Laura Posluszny
Owner occ. sfh+garage apt. $350 NEG CASH FLOW.1st try FLOP or ok?
I jumped into real estate investing and purchased a single-family house with converted back garage apt. My cash flow is not in the positives, but since I live here too...am I doing okay? I would like to raise rents to...
Jared Kotler
HVAC VS. ELECT. BASEBOARD VS. RADIATORS
Hey biggerPeople... love y'all cats. So, that's out of the way,I bought a triplex. The previous owners didn't want to fix boilers so they put electric baseboard heaters in the apartments. Winter comes and my tenants a...
Chad Lundquist
Basement apartment opinions
Hey BP family, we've decided to add a basement apartment to our house and we're trying to decide if we should go with a long-term renter or if we should try short-term (think traveling nurses / doctors, not Air BNB) a...
Blake Culwell
Land purchase for future home
I am looking at purchasing some raw land to build my home on. I'm looking at buying with cash from a personal lender then making a few improvements (running electric, water, building, pads, etc.) then approaching the ...
Taylor Stamm
Using Rooftop Solar Panel Systems to Increase Cash Flow
Hello BP, has anyone had any experience installing rooftop solar panel systems to their rentals and charging tenants for the energy usage in order to increase cash flow? How did this work out for you? If you have not ...