Aaron Moayed
Things to look for rental property insurance
What are things I should be looking for/paying attention to for rental property insurance (dwelling, liability, loss of income wise)? Just wondering if insurance agents try to exclude important coverages that may be u...
Cole Donelson
1st REI help - debating owner-occupant duplex, need objectivity
Hi All,I am planning my first real estate investment and just found Bigger Pockets. I have been devouring their podcast and a few blog posts for about a month, which set me on the path for buying an owner-occupant dup...
Kristopher Govea
Calculating repair costs
I'm just getting started so please excuse my novice question but how do you calculate the repairs on a flip? I was told an easy formula is the square footage of the house times $30. Is this a good tool to use?
Robert Barnes
Analyzing First Potential Flip
OK, so I'm messing around here on BP and my girlfriend is on her computer next to me browsing Zillow. She comes across a 3/1, about 1100 sqft circa 1929 in severe disrepair listed for $6000. Yes $6000, six thousand, t...
Alex Powell
Are Itemized Estimates uncommon?
Have you ever had an issue with getting an itemized estimate from a contractor? I'm beginning to vet contractors and am having an issue finding a contractor that will give me an itemized quote. Any recommendations wil...
Bruce Woodruff
A fellow Contractor sent me this.....
CUSTOMER: "How much will it cost to do this job?" CONTRACTOR: "$2,800 Dollars."CUSTOMER: "That's WAY too expensive for this job!!" CONTRACTOR: "How much do YOU think it would cost?"CUSTOMER: "No more than $800 Dollars...
Julie Verardi
Looking for good insurance agent in Jersey City
I currently have Farmers Insurance for my 2 unit multifamily in Jersey City Heights. Which I pay around $1,600 for the years. I also have State farm for my condo in downtown I pay around $450 for the year. My insuranc...
Steven Thomas
What do you pay for ongoing maintenance?
Hi everyone! I'm doing some research for an upcoming venture, so I've got some questions for you pertaining to maintenance on buy and hold and cash flow properties. Understanding of course that some of the answers wil...
Tim Grillot
SALLY!!! Any Gulf Shores/Orange Beach peeps here?
My wife and I jumped into the STR market this year and have been having a blast learning all about it. Our first place was a condo in Gulf Shores we closed on about a month ago. We are in the process of working with...
Robert Hernandez
Uneven upstair room and floor leveler?
Hello BP family
Recently bought a quadplex. And one of the units I went into has an issue on the second floor where one of the room hardwood floor is wavy and I can feel like a speed bump in one spot in the room, is ...