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Is it common for contractors to refuse to provide itimized bids?
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Hello awesome BPsI have been learning quite a lot in the past couple of months and also putting some offers, though they didn't go though, and I am still in the process of pursuing that.I am in the DC/MD/VA market to ...
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1,096 Built Sqft. property in Houston, Texas, ground moves here, house on pier and beams.One side of house has moved enough to tell. I've had 2 people come look at the property.Offer 1: $4,000 to level the property, l...
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What cap rate do all of you investors look for when buying multi units? Im curious if you base different cap rates on certain amounts units compared to that of other another building with a different amount of units. ...
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So, backstory.
My partners and I decided that Real Estate is the vehicle in which we are going to become financially free. We are from Canada, which, as a foreign investor, presents it's own difficulties and frustra...
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I am talking with a seller about buying a property. The seller is willing to give me a lower price but I was wondering if there were ways other people had used to keep the "purchase price" high for the purposes of get...
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Hey everyone. I'm lining up hazard insurance for my first rental and I wanted to put some details up and get some opinions on if I missed anything.
Rental Details:
SFH - Purchase Price $49,900
3BR - 2 Levels - $1358...
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I recently got an offer accepted for a 2 unit property in Elgin, IL. Its a 5 bed 3 bath. The offer got accepted for $125k with 5k in credit from the seller at closing (essentially $120K) I'm trying to use a 203k str...
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Hey Everyone I am super motivated and excited to start my REI journey and i am currently trying to figure out how to purchase my first rental property; i am currently reading @Brandon Turner 's book on how to invest i...
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R.J. here. Long Island native (Nassau county), born and bred. Engineer by day.... and night, and pretty much every waking hour (BE & ME in MechEng), so analytics and spreadsheets are my bread and butter (as well a...