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I’ve heard most investors say they wouldn’t pay any money upfront but then most contractors I’ve heard say they wouldn’t start work without a deposit. How do you come to an agreement where both sides feel comfortable...
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In the last 24 hours, I took a headache off a busy man’s (dad’s) hands, am hooking up an international student with a baby w/ new furniture, baby stuff, and a place to live, and borrowed 5yr funds supported by the cas...
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Hired a contractor to do a what was supposed to be a small renovation project. Renovation was supposed to be $11,450. Start to finish. Basically after 3 weeks, behind schedule & him not showing up to job for a...
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Hey BP!
I would like to put together a formal and professional email to send to my tenants as a point of guidance and support to them and also give show them resources they have regarding COVID19. I want to communica...
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Have a general question poll for the community: Have you ever had a potential tenant lose interest in your property because of the heat fuel source?I.E. I have a duplex that has an oil boiler on one side, it's a PITA ...
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Greetings BP Community,I am interested in filing a small claims action against a prior tenant of mine whom lived in a unit I own in Snohomish County, City of Snohomish, Washington State.Situation: The tenant left with...
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I am a newbie doing my first BRRR. Does anyone have a draft contract agreement that I could use or follow to get the contractor to adhere to the terms & conditions during the duration of the work? Yet still if th...
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Has anybody used a factoring company before? I have yet to venture on developers developing tract homes, I have 5 of them in line. Would want to get ahead and see my options on payroll / progress billing factoring. An...
I've learned a bunch over the course of the past few months, both by reading whatever I can get my hands on, as well as some of the great posts on this site. For someone like me who is just starting out in real estat...
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I keep seeing similar "hand written" (by a 6 year-old) yellow letters from direct mail houses and was wondering if anyone has ever sent out just a regular "letter" and had results? Something that goes through merging ...