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Andrew Clarke Contractor Didn't Finish Work and May get Deported
3 December 2016 | 1 reply

Hi we hired a general contractor to manage a remodeling project for us. After working with him for weeks on the project and paying him money to do the majority of the work, he got arrested and we found out he may get ...

Audrey Sommer Texan Markets Near the Mexican Border
30 December 2024 | 1 reply

Currently, I'm analyzing different markets to see which one will best match my strategy. I have a cash flow heavy, modest appreciation strategy. I'm noticing there are some really nice cash flow markets in texas, some...

Alex Silang Mass deportations: will it affect rental markets?
30 January 2025 | 62 replies

There are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. If even just a quarter of them are removed, don't you think it would greatly affect housing markets? That'd be 2-3 million people not needing housing ...

Mira Ramesh Babu Construction Costs SoCal
11 April 2017 | 7 replies

Hello BP community!! I am looking into building multi family units (5-10) from the ground up in LA county, Orange County, San Bernadino and Inland Empire. Can anyone help me out with the construction costs? Is there a...

David Treat Real Estate Future for 2025
24 January 2025 | 4 replies

What comes next in real estate now that Trump is in?

Kelly Payne How to do Cash for Keys with Illegal Immigrant
14 September 2014 | 37 replies

Hi guys,

I got a house under contract that also came with an unhappy tenant. The tenant's wife was living at the house under a L/O contract, which expired 8 months ago. The couple got a divorce, the wife moved out,...

Johann Jells Vetting H-1B contract worker with no credit history as tenant?
14 September 2015 | 4 replies

There's a lot of Indian H-1B workers here, and I've rented to them before and they've been fine (except for the couple who walked above our heads VERY heavily). But this applicant just got here and even has no SS# yet...

David Goossens Tenant Claims To Have Been Deported...What now?
1 December 2017 | 5 replies

I just had an interesting "conversation" with a tenant that is renting a SFH from me. I received a  text message from an international number. The reads: "Hello, this is (tenant name). A year ago I was deported to Mex...

Joe S. Note buyers for owner finance buyers without socials
22 January 2025 | 7 replies

In Texas there are quite a number of people with work permits that do not have socials. In the event that a seller was to owner finance a property to a buyer without a SSN, is there a market for the Note to be sold to...

Sean Tippens Unknowingly renting to illegal immigrants ......
2 October 2019 | 2 replies

Just wondering if there could be any issues with unknowingly renting to illegal immigrants. As a landlord, are we responsible for inquiring as to their citizenship? Could we get into trouble legally if we don’t?