Art Maydan
Brainstorming Next Move After House Hacking
You guys were a big help in getting me into real estate with a house hack and I’m hoping you can help me brainstorm what my next move should be. I bought a duplex in McKinley Park in Chicago 6 months ago. It was a gut...
Rob Redcay
Lender's title insurance in a family loan
Hi gang,I'm excited to be here and to get wisdom from all of you. My wife and I are buying are first home in LA. We're "cash buyers" but behind the scenes, my parents are loaning us about 70% of the price.As part of t...
Anu Ram
Ripped off at move out
We have been renting a house for a little less than two years and recently moved to another state. We had a professional carpet cleaning company steam clean the entire carpeted area of the house. Also, we had a local ...
Christopher Albritton
To a future landlord - What would you recommend to do to make the transition into being a landlord as smooth as possible?
Hello BP! As the title suggests I'm not a landlord yet, but I do plan to be one. Until then I have created my own business plan on how to operate and manage my future properties. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wd...
Larry DII
Why would I not want to buy this?
Hello, I'm new here and new to REI in general. I've been starting out by looking at MLS properties near me to get a feel for things in my area. I've found a few properties which seem good to me on paper, but I would...
Brian Warner
How would I get paid to develop land?
I am a Real Estate Agent, and I would like to start developing land in NY. I would like to get a group of investors together, but my question is how would I get paid while the project is under development? I know that...
Jason Schmidt
how do you determine if a deal is a deal?
in Texas, you have to have a real estate license, or have a hook-up with a realtor to find the comps in areas for what houses have sold for. so clearly, all i have access to right now is just what houses are on sale ...
Nicole Goss
Best Direct Mail Service Providers?
Hello BP Community,
I'm researching my first direct mailing here in Northern Virginia. In addition to being a beginner investor I'm also a new real estate agent and want to send postcards to all the homes in my subdi...
Dean Klein
Long Term tenant - Constant pain
I purchased an upper lower duplex Nov of 17 and inherited both tenants, recently the upstairs guy left and I rented the apartment for over $100 more than he was paying. The downstairs has a tenant who has been there s...
Greg Mitchell
401K
At this point I'm contributing 6% of my pay and getting 3% match by my employer. That's the max they will do.
The way I look at it, the company match basically protects my contribution from inflation, and any fund i...