Corey Dutton
What Has Been Your Biggest Expense in Real Estate Investing?
I had coffee recently with a retired real estate investor of 40 years. We talked about real estate cycles, flipping properties, the meltdown of 2008, and other things. He started telling me about some of his rehab hou...
Ben Tiggelaar
Communication Pre-close with Key Tenant in Retail Acquisition
I'm analyzing a retail building that has a NNN tenant that represents 59% of rental revenue (7,500 out of 15,000 sq ft). This tenant has a 5 year lease with four 5 year options to extend the lease by another 5 years (...
Kyle Nacci
Should we sell or keep our duplex during our divorce
Hello,My wife and I co-own a duplex and are seeking a divorce. She would like us to each own one of the units rather than selling. Both of us are on the title, and it’s just me on the mortgage. She doesn’t have the in...
Rudy Dvorak
DONT want to refi my 3.8% 30 year loan but DO want to build ADU
I have my personal residence in Orange County California that I've owned about 1.5 yrs and we owe $690,000 and it's worth about 1.05m. I have a garage I'd like to convert to an Adu, and I can self fund the Adu. My ...
Nixon Vayupak
Probate offer to buy subject-to existing loan
I need some guidance to see how this can work. I understand using the "subject to" approach in regards to foreclosures or if the seller just wants completely out from his property. But how can one apply this creativ...
Jack B.
Sell and reinvest before major CapEx? What about transaction fees
Is it best to sell some of my houses next year and reinvest via 1031 exchange into a more expensive property in an effort to avoid capex and as a side benefit, increase appreciation potential? Or perhaps reinvest in ...
Sergio Rodriguez
Bay Area, CA; Market Conditions; Networking; Preparedness
Hello Bigger Pockets Forums,As a VERY new and want-to-be REI in the Bay Area, I am considerably overwhelmed with the amount of "micro-markets" that exist. East Bay, South Bay, Peninsula, or even by county; the amount ...
Tod R.
How would you invest $25K for your 2nd deal?
I'm in the DFW area and am about to sell off some acreage that will net me about $25K. I'm trying to decide how to reinvest this. This will be my second deal. Obviously I want it all, equity appreciation/capture a...
Clayton P.
Sanding thick paint off of wood floors?
I have beautiful wood floors covered in brown, nasty paint in one of my units. I was planning on using a drum sander to handle it, with a very-low number grit. Has anybody done this? What's the best way to deal with t...
Sharma Parth
newbie BRRRR investor - does this sample deal look good?
Hi - just starting to get into the BRRRR deal concept - here is an example of a deal that I am getting.I am considering doing a flip vs buy and hold. Again the below is just a best estimate - Do you guys think I'm fac...