Ken Lou
How to protect yourself as a landlord?
Hi everyone, I'm a new to this and I have a single family rental home. It's built in 1950s and a lot of the things in it are not up to current code, for example, windows in the living room and a huge piece of glass, u...
Maarten Stevens
Bonds as a collateral for loan
Hi Everybody,I am currently working on pre-arranging financing for my first deals. As I am currently not living in the countries where I want to execute these deals (Eurozone and Turkey) , I am limited in conventional...
Ibrahim Yamini
Is the the RE market about to Burst?
I keep hearing that equity in houses are going to go up 10% next year and possible 15% in the next two years. People are paying for houses way over their appraised value and bidding wars are sparking up all over the ...
David Lunsford
Lease options % the SAFEact
Since lease options are executory contracts in Texas will lease options fall under the new SAFE act rules?
Kyle Thomas
Sell rental (capture all Cap. Gains) or Hold?
My wife and I are trying to determine if we want to sell our property and capture all the capital gains or hold the property and possibly incur some costly repairs.We turned our previous home into a rental property an...
Gregg C.
Providing seller financing in the form of a bridge/gap loan
I am in the sale phase of a flip. I’ve had 17 showings but zero offers after seven weeks on the MLS. I have a potential offer but the buyer wants an FHA loan with only 3.5% down. Problem with that is the propert...
Nicholas Lilly
Texas Closing Checklist for Every New Homeowner
Whether you are purchasing your first home or the next real estate deal, closings can be a nerve racking process. There are a lot of factors that come into play in order to successfully close on a property. We have cr...
Alex Chin
6 unit multiplex, $300K - Next steps.
Hello BiggerPockets,I'm looking for a little advice from experience multi-family buyers on a potential deal that I found. It has passed the initial filters I use (1% rule, 50% rule, major city, under $500K) and I am t...
Charles Hill
Reporting Option Consideration
Okay, here’s the deal. I have been working with a tenant/buyer who has his eyes on a condo for him and his son. Father is in the midst of a divorce and needs to find a home for him and his teenaged son.
I have a sel...
Neil G.
Shaky inspection report on first MF deal. Now what?
Hey all, I really need some advice on my first deal. I'm under contract on an 8-unit condo town-home building (all 3/2s) that would be my first deal. It's a 2007 build in the Tampa, FL area that I found off-market and...