This has been the year of the septic system. So far we’ve put in three sets of field lines and had to learn what not to do on a lower pressure drip system. (After owning one for four years, we learned they have a filt...

So I'm listing a house (PersRes) and the listing site I use has a new disclaimer/warning on many of it's pages. This relates to that MLS ruling from earlier this year. The last house I sold was last year before the ru...

I have a seller who is interested but can't move forward for at least 2-3 months. What would you do?1. Would you put it under contract now and set the closing for 2-3 months out? 2. Wait until he is ready-- Is there a...

Hi All,I'm a reasonably experienced SFR investor, having bought, renovated, and managed a dozen units in Atlanta for some years (started late 2007). Much of this was me personally, until having a family and then in ea...

Hello BP,I am just getting started and I am looking to dive into REI.  I am working on my license with the intent to use it for investing.  I am not yet in a place to invest my own money, but I want to start gaining h...

I wanted to  get people's experience with real estate funds. As  a sponsor/syndicator/real estate entrepreneur  have you ever thought of creating a fund?  If so why and if not why not?Here are the problems I see with ...

Hello everyone, I'm setting up to buy my first door and am doing a refi on my primary to fund it.
Problem is, my primary is new construction (1yr old) and comps on the refi all used other new construction homes. The...

Hello all,I consider myself a relative amateur at real estate investment. I’ve done well so far. I owned a rental quite a while back and it didn’t work out so well. Deadbeat tenant. This time around I’ve managed to pa...

Does anyone have experience with having a washer and dryer in the garage? I'm closing on a property, and belatedly realized the hooks-ups are located on the insulated (ie., the wall shared with the kitchen) wall of th...

RE: What are the infrastructure costs for a 5.8 acre, 5 home subdivision?I need a ton of help but mostly conservative costs projection to build a  5 home subdivision, average lot 1.2 acres, longest distance to run ele...